5 people have been injured, three critically, after a moored speedboat caught fireplace in Phang Nga province yesterday. The incident happened round 8.30am. The boat was tied up to the Thap Lamu boat pier, the place most Similan Island-bound private tour boats depart from and return to. The injured had been all crew from the boat.
According to witnesses, the captain began the boat’s engines and sparks started spitting out for the engine casing, adopted by an explosion. 5 crewmen had been injured, three of them critically, including the boat’s skipper. They have been rushed to Vachira Phuket Hospital, about a 90 minute drive away, and the other 2 with minor accidents had been sent to the Khao Lak medical centre, simply eight kilometres away. There have been no tourists on the velocity boat on the time of the incident.
A Navy boat dragged the burning vessel away from the pier into the center of the channel to prevent the fireplace from spreading to different boats moored at the pier.
Expires of the 2nd Naval Area, despatched the HTMS Panyi to the scene to try and put out the fireplace, secure the world and tow the burning boat away.
The harbour’s entrance is small and an isthmus of land presents protection to boats from the Andaman Sea’s wind and waves. Many pace boats are usually moored within the harbour servicing the favored dive trips out to The Similan Islands. Local fishing boats additionally use the harbour..