Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

St Marys Harbour, Hugh Town, St Marys, Isles of Scilly at 17/04/2015 01:23

At 01:23 calls were received to a boat on fire in the Harbour at Hugh Town St Marys. Eleven firefighters on two appliances from St Marys were mobilised along with St Martin crews being brought in to standby on station. RNLI and Coastguard crews were requested to attend to assist in getting fire crews out to the boat, the boat had sunk and the fire extinguished by the time that fire crews were able to access it. The vessel involved was a 16 foot rigid inflatable pleasure craft and teams on scene searched the wreckage and confirmed that no persons were involved in the fire. A coordinated search of the harbour area and beach was made by Fire, Coastguard and Lifeboat crews as a precaution but nothing was found. The part sunken vessel was recovered from its mooring to alongside the harbour. This incident was handed over and left in the hands of the Police.
There are no more details available on this incident.