Fire on a yacht at Docklands Australia

The burning rate is terrifying! Hope no one got injured.

Alfred

Hi,

It was very fortunate the wind was blowing that way for sure.

It is obviously very amusing for the airheads giving the commentary, the small hose the fireman is using could well be used to stop the last dock line from burning through.

There were really very cheap and low comments. As you said, that line kept the fire from going stray around the river. I ache deep when watching any boat at distress.

Cheers.

Alfred

The boat was a Monte Fino, 24 metre, $4 million, and has now sunk. She had just been delivered as a new boat and the owners are Queenslanders who had just moved her to Melbourne. Apparently the crew of 4 had to jump for their lives.
The fire brigade response was really bad, unusual for Australia, obviously shows there is little preparation for fires in that marina.

what is quite surprising is the lack of firefighting personnel and equipment ... apart from the sole individual who looks like he's holding a hosepipe.

Think it wiil be a warranty thing ?

The Australian Press is full of the story: Three men in a tinnie versus a raging Docklands inferno

I was amazed while watching several of the videos on Youtube. One was about 9 minutes long and showed what looked like a tug come to the scene in the middle of the video. It pulled up to the burning boat, tried to squirt some water on the fire through a dinky hose for about 30 seconds, then backed away.

It's always sad to see a boat burn. No matter the size, age, etc. It's always sad.

I have witnessed about three boat fires in person.
None of them were as large a boat at the one here.
It is unbelievable the heat that is generated when they burn.

Maybe the heat was a factor with the tug, but that seems unreasonable.
Maybe the tug realized the pee stream was not going to work and just gave up.

When the tug first came into frame the hose was putting out a reasonable stream of water. Then about the same time the tug started churning up serious bottom the flow from the hose decreased to almost nothing. Perhaps her hose pump fouled from running aground?