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13/07/2006
Four rescued from blazing motorcruiser
Three adults and a child have been rescued from a blazing motorcruiser on Lough Erne, County Fermanagh.
Coastguard were called to Upper Lough at Carrybridge, after receiving reports of a fire on a boat shortly after 8pm last night.
The lifeboat and a fire crew from Lisnaskea were sent to tend to the fire, and those on the motorcruiser were rescued from the vessel by a helicopter rescue team dispatched from Sligo.
No one was injured during the incident.
A spokesperson for the Coastguard today said that the occupants were all quite shaken and ready to abandon the vessel because of the fire.
He said: "They were all wearing their life jackets and were in mobile phone contact with the police and ourselves."
He added that the Coastguard were alerted to the incident by the PSNI in Enniskillen, who asked them to co-ordinate the rescue.
(EF/SP)
Coastguard were called to Upper Lough at Carrybridge, after receiving reports of a fire on a boat shortly after 8pm last night.
The lifeboat and a fire crew from Lisnaskea were sent to tend to the fire, and those on the motorcruiser were rescued from the vessel by a helicopter rescue team dispatched from Sligo.
No one was injured during the incident.
A spokesperson for the Coastguard today said that the occupants were all quite shaken and ready to abandon the vessel because of the fire.
He said: "They were all wearing their life jackets and were in mobile phone contact with the police and ourselves."
He added that the Coastguard were alerted to the incident by the PSNI in Enniskillen, who asked them to co-ordinate the rescue.
(EF/SP)
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