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Mirka Tothova was celebrating her 30th birthday with ten others on board a boat on Easter Sunday when the vessel exploded on the Hawkesbury River Marina, north of Sydney.
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Ale from Mexico and Mirka from Slovakia were on the boat as it caught fire when the skipper turned on the ignition shortly after refuelling at the Hawkesbury River Marina north of Sydney.
The shop manager from Sydney s eastern suburbs suffered burns to 30 per cent of her body and was one of four rushed to hospital in a critical condition after the boat exploded.