A PERSON has escaped unharmed after his boat caught fire off the coast of Carrum. The fire broke out in Port Phillip Bay before midday on 29 January.
Victoria Police have confirmed that one person was evacuated from the vessel uninjured. “Emergency services were called to a boat fire off Chelsea Beach about 11.40am,” A Victoria Police statement read. “There was only one person on board the 12-metre vessel at the time and they were brought to shore by the occupants of a nearby boat. He has been checked by ambulance crews and has no injuries.” By 12.45pm, Vic Emergency listed the blaze as safe.
Fire Rescue Victoria fire boats, Victoria Police water police, and the Coast Guard were called out to the blaze. The Chelsea SES also responded, but was called off due to the distance between the boat and the shore.
Man escapes boat blaze
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