At 12.56 today H.M. Coastguard requested the launch of the Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew and lifeboat to multiple reports of a vessel on fire on the River Exe, opposite Starcross railway station.
Exmouth RNLI lifeboat launches to a vessel on fire on the River Exe, in large multi-agency response.
At 12.56 today H.M. Coastguard requested the launch of the Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew and lifeboat to multiple reports of a vessel on fire on the River Exe, opposite Starcross railway station.
The Exmouth relief All Weather lifeboat, 13-32 Ruth & David Arthur, with six volunteer crew onboard, launched shortly after and headed to Exmouth Marina to pick up members of the Exmouth Fire service and their equipment.
Having onboarded the firefighters, the volunteer crew quickly arrived on scene with the vessel, which was already well ablaze, and the onboard fire crew proceeded to control the remaining elements of the fire. Luckily there were no persons onboard at the time of the incident.
Other vessels, including Simon Turl Moorings, were also providing assistance and attempted to control the fire, but the vessel was sadly already too ablaze to prevent its destruction.
When the fire had been put out, our volunteers assisted with placing members of the fire service onto the Exmouth Harbour Masters vessel to secure it under tow and move it to a safe mooring location on the river.
Although we are glad that no one injured, it was a very sad day on the river with such a historic vessel being destroyed and the subsequent impacts to this family business.
The incident was safely concluded at 16.10 and our crew then returned the fire crew to Exmouth Marina before they stood down in preparation for the next shout. A very positive multi-agency response to a challenging incident.
Images: Exmouth RNLI
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