A search is currently ongoing for 3 British passengers who went lacking after a diving boat caught fireplace within the Red Sea, off the coast of Egypt. Out of No obligation , 10 crew members, and two guides on the vessel in Marsa Alam, 12 vacationers have been rescued. Authorities have cited an electrical fault because the doubtless explanation for the fire.
The boat had departed from Port Ghalib on Tuesday and was scheduled to return on Sunday. The Red Sea Governorate stated, “The preliminary examination resulted in an electrical short circuit in the engine room, and the investigation authorities went to conduct an inspection and investigation.” Social media footage displayed the boat virtually entirely consumed by flames and smoke.
Ahmed Maher, a diving supervisor at Marsa Shagra village, reported to Reuters, “We saw smoke from the boat, it was around 9km from the seashore.” A spokesperson from the Foreign Office said, “We are in contact with native authorities following an incident aboard a dive boat near Marsa Alam, and are supporting British nationals involved.”
The fireplace was detected at 9:15am on Sunday, and the Red Sea Governorate’s secretary general, Major General Mohamed Bandari, confirmed in an announcement that the accident occurred because of a fire on the boat, named the Hurricane. The statement additional added, “He [Bandari] identified that the crew and passengers were rescued by the boat named Blue and returned to central Marsa Alam, and a search continues to be under way for three British passengers by the involved authorities and other boats, stressing that the Ambulance Authority and the Directorate of Health Affairs have been notified to lift the level of readiness and follow-up is under means.”