Three rescued from boat fire at Oak Park in Cronulla
Three people are lucky to be uninjured after the boat they were travelling on caught fire hundreds of metres offshore at a south Cronulla beach.
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Three people have escaped serious injury after their boat caught fire hundreds of metres offshore at a south Cronulla beach.
Social media users have posted video and photos of black plumes of smoke spiralling from the water 350m off the shore of Oak Park rock pool.
A boat on fire near the entrance to the Port Hacking River #cronulla #sydney pic.twitter.com/gjQOI0S89x
— 🅙🅞ðŸ…ðŸ…🆃🅷ðŸ…🅽 McCallum (@jonamccallum) June 7, 2019
A NSW Police spokesman said three people were on board the boat but are all off safely.
“The boat is still well alight and has not been put out yet,” the spokesman said.
The NSW Police Marine Area Command are responding to the incident.
More to come.
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