A crew member needed to be rescued from a burning boat throughout an emergency response in Argyll & Bute. The incident befell at Gare Loch close to Rhu at round 2pm on Saturday, October 8 when the coastguard was scrambled to the scene of a yacht on hearth.
The alarm was raised after the one crew mate on board managed to flee the flaming wreck and navigate his solution to security on a rubber dinghy, the place he alerted authorities to the hazard he was in.
A multi-agency response was launched, with groups from Greenock and Helensburgh, who had been in the midst of water rescue coaching in Inverkip on the time, referred to as to the positioning to help. Police Scotland, Scottish Ambulance SORT, Scottish Fireplace and Rescue, MOD Police and Helensburgh RNLI additionally swooped on the spot, with officers and personnel doing all they might to make sure a extra severe occasion was averted.
Images taken on the scene, which had been shared by Greenock Coastguard Rescue Crew on social media, present plumes of thick, black smoke wafting from fiery vessel, which floats scarily near the shore. Vibrant, orange flames engulf the boat, whereas a lifeboat stuffed with coastguard staff decked out in security gear and different life-saving tools bobs close by.
One other picture exhibits a number of firefighters with a protracted hose spraying water on the smouldering break from a distance in a bid to mood the flames and absolutely extinguish the fireplace, which they had been profitable in doing. The crew member was not taken to hospital, however it's unclear whether or not he sustained any accidents. The reason for the fireplace will not be but recognized.
A HM Coastguard spokesperson mentioned: "We deployed a RNLI lifeboat from Helensburgh, in addition to rescue groups from Helensburgh and Greenock, after reviews of a yacht catching hearth simply after 2pm on Saturday (October 8) in Gare Loch.
"There was just one individual on the yacht, who made it to shore safely by themselves in a dinghy. Police, hearth and rescue, the ambulance service and a Clyde Marine Unit patrol vessel additionally responded.
"One man was handed into the care of the ambulance service." A fireplace service spokesperson added: "We had been alerted at 2.05pm on Saturday, 8 October to reviews of a ship effectively alight on the A814 close to Rhu.
"Operations Management mobilised one equipment to the scene, the place firefighters labored with emergency service companions to make the world protected. One casualty was within the care of the Scottish Ambulance Service."
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