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Superyacht sinks in Torquay [England] harbour after large fire
BBC ^
Posted on 05/29/2022 5:21:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Police were called to the blaze on the 85ft (26m) vessel at Princess Pier in Torquay, Devon, at about 12:10 BST on Saturday.
Members of the public described hearing a bang, before seeing a huge plume of black smoke. No injuries have been reported, Devon & Cornwall Police said.
Emergency services declared a major incident and officers evacuated a nearby beach and roads.
The boat, which police said broke from its mooring, was secured by the fire service near the marina's pier before it sank.
The Environment Agency (EA) said it was believed to have had about nine tonnes of diesel on board.
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:21:12 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Torquay? Must have been a fawlty electrical connection
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:25:44 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: BenLurkin
Wonder if it could be seen from Fawlty Towers?
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:26:45 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
I guess they scrimped on the fire-suppression system.
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:28:40 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: BenLurkin
Insurance job comes to mind first.
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:29:12 AM PDT
by
JonPreston
(Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:29:49 AM PDT
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: ComputerGuy
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:30:26 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:30:49 AM PDT
by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
To: M1903A1
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:32:18 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
We were in Devon last month to tour Dartmoor. It was interesting to hear the local pronounce Torquay. The say it TOR-ky.
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:32:28 AM PDT
by
abb
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:32:57 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
To: dfwgator
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:34:15 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: ComputerGuy
To: BenLurkin
Beats the crap out of my fishing boat. Although mine still floats.
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:45:57 AM PDT
by
HighSierra5
(The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:46:10 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
To: BenLurkin
We can be sure it wasnt Ricky Nelson.
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:47:17 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Mark17
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posted on
05/29/2022 5:57:28 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We're trapped between too many questions unanaswered, and too many answers unquestioned...)
To: BenLurkin
Someone feeling the drag of the payments perhaps?
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posted on
05/29/2022 6:00:18 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
(We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
To: JonPreston
Insurance job comes to mind first.My understanding is that insurance jobs are usually done in blue water.
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posted on
05/29/2022 6:02:42 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: null and void
My question as well... And, was it deliberate?
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posted on
05/29/2022 6:12:49 AM PDT
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Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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