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27m Spirit of Zen sinks in Dubai Marina following fire

A fire has destroyed the 26.9-metre Spirit of Zen , a Pershing 88 motor yacht moored in Dubai Marina. 

The blaze began at 11.12am on Tuesday 2 April local time, with firefighters from Dubai Harbour Station arriving at the scene at 11.18am. Footage shows four fire trucks and an ambulance in attendance, with two vessels using water cannons to extinguish the blaze.

#fire aboard a yacht here in #dubaimarina . Four fire trucks in attendance, an ambulance, and two vessels using water cannon to extinguish the blaze. Updates to follow. pic.twitter.com/NzXY0ThzqF — Greg Tanner (@ragoflex) April 2, 2024

The fire was brought under control around 12.28pm, with no casualties reported. Spirit of Zen sustained heavy exterior and interior damage and has now partially sunk.

The cause of the fire is currently unknown. BOAT International has reached out to the authorities for comment.

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Large fire breaks out in Dubai Marina: Report

No injuries have been reported in the early morning fire at Dubai Marina

A large blaze has broken out near the Damac Bay 2 area, as per a news report by The National .

The report cited videos circulating on social media to describe it as a “large one with thick smoke plumes billowing into the sky”.

The fire is reported to have started on Monday morning near the under-construction Damac Bay 2 development which is situated near the popular Barasti Beach Bar.

The restaurant has closed its pool and beach area until further notice, as per a post on Instagram.

Dubai Civil Defence personnel are understood to be at the scene, added the report, with no reports of any injuries.

This is a developing story.

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Dubai - Firefighters have extinguished the fire, moving the boat to a secure location.

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Published: Fri 24 Jan 2020, 8:03 AM

Last updated: Thu 5 Jan 2023, 3:53 PM

A fire broke out on a boat in Dubai Marina on Friday morning.

"The Emaar Security and Dubai Civil Defense were on site, and have since extinguished the fire, moving the boat to a secure location," the Dubai-base property developer Emaar said in a statement.

"In light of the quick response on ground, there are no injuries to report and the area is once again fully operational," the Emaar said.

Residents took to social media to share the videos and photos of the incident.

Questa mattina ci si sveglia all'urto di AL FUOCO! Un colpo al cuore, ma fortunatamente era solo uno yacht parcheggiato in Marina. ??#DubaiMarina #FireMarina pic.twitter.com/Phx1aFIkeI

- Martina (@MartiCst) January 24, 2020Further details are awaited.

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Yacht catches fire at Dubai Marina

No injuries reported; fire brought under control and the cause of the blaze is being investigated

Dubai: A yacht caught fire near to Dubai Marina at about 4pm on Thursday, confirmed a Civil Defence official.

The fire was brought under control at about 4:49pm, said the official and witnesses in the area.

Major Ali Al Mutawa, Director of the Dubai Civil Defence Operations Room, classified the accident as moderate. No injuries were reported as per initial investigation.

It took firefighters about 12 minutes to reach the area as it was few miles away from the dock and close to Le Méridien Mina Seyahi, he said, while adding that the yacht's engine was on when the fire broke out.

An Asian worker jumped off the privately-owned yacht when the fire broke, said the official. The yacht was gutted in the blaze, he said.

"So far, we don’t know the cause of the fire. It is still being investigated, but it looks like it's coming from the top side of the yacht," he said.

According to Sundeep Ramachandran, a resident at Dubai Marina, thick black smoke surrounded the area.

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Yacht on fire at N.J. marina: See the massive blaze

A yacht being refueled at a Wildwood marina on Thursday afternoon was heavily damaged in a blaze witnesses say was caused by an explosion.

The fire broke out on a 40-foot yacht at the Schooner Island Marina, according to on-scene reports. It remains under investigation, first responders said.

An eyewitness said the yacht was refueling at the time the fire started. The McKee Group, a Pennsylvania-based developer that owns the marina, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Billowing clouds of smoke were still visible around 2 p.m. as police and fire officials responded to the incident. According to local police at the scene, New Jersey State Police are handling the investigation.

Schooner Island Marina, where visitors can find restaurants and fishing excursions, was filled with patrons watching from afar Thursday afternoon.

Susquehanna Avenue was blocked off near the marina, detouring traffic around emergency fire trucks and ambulances. Firehoses snaked through the marina’s parking lot, creating an obstacle for bystanders.

The scent of gasoline could be detected throughout the marina.

Paul Daiber, who stores his boat at the marina, was fishing at the end of the deck opposite from where the yacht that caught fire was moored.

In 25 years of keeping his vessel there, this was the first time he’s witnessed a boat explosion.

“It’s scary,” Daiber, 56, said while sitting on a truck hatch about 200 yards from the emergency scene.

Daiber described the explosion as a powerful thud and turned around to see the boat on fire. Debris from the vessel were sent into the air and onto nearby docks, Daiber said.

Meanwhile, bystanders raced to find fire extinguishers. Once firefighters arrived, crews tried dousing the blaze that turned into an inferno that could be seen from across the marina, he said.

Blocks away, beach goers snapped photos of plumes that towered into the sky and were pushed by winds.

“It just progressively got worse and worse until it erupted in flames,” Daiber said.

No further information from officials has been released at this time.

The detoured road was reopened to traffic around 5 p.m. Thursday, Wildwood police said.

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Tanker adrift after multiple attacks in Red Sea, UK maritime agency says

By Jana Choukeir and Renee Maltezou

DUBAI (Reuters) -A Greek-flagged tanker was adrift in the Red Sea on Wednesday after repeated attacks that started a fire on the vessel and caused the ship to lose power, the UK maritime agency said.

Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched attacks on international shipping near Yemen since November in solidarity with Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas. Houthi militants, though, have so far not claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attacks.

Passengers on two small boats attacked the Sounion, hitting it with multiple projectiles about 77 nautical miles west of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday morning, the Greek shipping ministry and the UK Maritime Trade Operations said.

There was a brief exchange of small arms fire during the incident, the UKMTO said. In a later update, the UKMTO said the ship reported another attack that caused the fire and led the vessel to lose engine power and its ability to manoeuvre.

There were no reports of injuries among the 25 crew members, made up of two Russians and 23 Filipinos.

Delta Tankers, the ship's operator, confirmed the ship was adrift and had sustained minor damage. The crew were assessing the situation and the ship would proceed on its journey, it said in a statement.

Sounion is the third Delta Tanker-operated ship targeted by the Houthis. The militants earlier this month attacked the Liberia-flagged Delta Atlantica and Delta Blue tanker ships in separate attacks.

Also on Wednesday, the captain of a different cargo ship sailing off the coast of Aden reported a total of five explosions in nearby waters, UKMTO said, later identifying the vessel as the SW North Wind I. The crew and the ship were unharmed in the attacks.

The U.S.-based owner and manager of the Panama-flagged SW North Wind I did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The Houthis' months-long campaign against commercial shipping has continued despite retaliatory strikes by Britain and the United States, which have shot down drones and bombed attack sites in Yemen.

The assaults have forced ship owners to reroute vessels away from the Red Sea and Suez Canal to the longer route around the southern tip of Africa, cascading costs and delays through global supply chains.

The Houthi attacks have sunk two ships and killed at least three crew members. The Houthis have said the attacks will not stop until Israel stops its "aggression" in Gaza.

(Reporting by Jana Choukeir, Clauda Tanios, Ahmed Elimam in Dubai and Yannis Souliotis, Renee Maltezou in Athens, Yomna Ehab in Cairo and Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles; Writing by Tala Ramadan; Editing by Hugh Lawson, Cynthia Osterman and Tom Hogue)

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