âExtremely luckyâ to survive: Gas leak probed as Newport yacht blown to pieces
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by Lachlan Leeming
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A gas leak is being investigated as the cause of a massive explosion which blew a luxury yacht to pieces and left a 54-year old woman "extremely lucky" to be alive.
Police divers spent Sunday morning examining the wreckage of the sunken boat at Newport Anchorage Marina, as a clean-up operation continued throughout the day with debris including huge chunks of the vessel's hull being fished out of the water.
Clean up underway after an explosion on a boat in Newport last night, March 13, 2021. Supplied