A yacht caught fire on Wednesday, August 11 off the island of Port Cros, in the Var, according to information from
France Bleu Provence
.
The ten people on board were able to be evacuated and were not injured.
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30 meters long, the ship caught fire around 4.30 a.m. and required the intervention of numerous rescue forces.
"
Significant resources were deployed on this operation: the SNSM, the marine firefighters, the firefighters of the SDIS and the high seas patroller
," said Thibault Lavernhe, captain of the vessel and spokesperson for the maritime prefect at the local radio.
At 8:50 am, the maritime prefecture of the Mediterranean announced on its Twitter account that the fire was still in progress on the yacht, taken in tow to be away from the coast.
She called for "
vigilance for all navigators in the area
", after having advised boaters to keep a safe distance.