Fire on launch

Launch burns and sinks of Mayor

Posted by crayfish on 11 Feb 2010

Here is a photo of the launch on fire of mayor Island, Paul Senior a Bay Fisher writer took these after rescueing the crew who had abandoned ship. Paul sighted a flare near the burning launch and found two crew clinging onto a chilli bin. The diesel launch burnt for about two hours before sinking. Nobody was hurt.

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