editor for the sun. firefighters are battling to extinguish a fire which has broken out on a superyacht in torquay marina. these dramatic pictures were taken from a drone and show billowing smoke from the 85 foot yacht as firefighters try to get the blaze under control. devon and somerset fire and rescue service says it has five fire appliances at the scene of the blaze. there have been no reported injuries at this time. there are fears for the safety of the other boats moored there. you can see that the smoke is impossible to contain, there are 8000 or so litres of diesel fuel on board. we ll now speak to john donavan from devon and somerset fire service. he is incident commander for the yacht fire. a very busy incident for your colleagues in devon? yes, we attended the incident in torquay this afternoon we had reports of an
yacht, it we are is not a small vessel. obviously, with a lot of the small marinas, you cannot manoeuvre a very big vessels in, usually they will moor out a little way beyond the seafront and get a tag back in. i suspect we will probably be getting quite a lot of smoke along the seafront. we are going to try and get you some pictures. just to repeat, there is a fire on board a yacht off the coast of torquay, just beyond the marina in south devon. five emergency vehicles are in attendance until the emergency services are at the same. police, fire service and ambulances, no word of any casualties or injuries and
on the a20 and the m20, there were around 750 lorries queueing to get across the channel and they are parked up on the roads outside of dover, so that the town does not become clogged up. we have had the coastguard going around, giving out food and drink to some of the lorry drivers who have been stuck for hours. we know that tourist traffic is being given priority at the moment and the authorities in kent hope the freight will clear over the next day or so because traditionally lorries do not tend to travel on a sunday, but for lorry drivers today, they are facing a pretty long wait in some pretty hot conditions. a majorfire has taken hold in torquay marina. these dramatic pictures taken from a drone over the reveal billowing smoke from an 85 foot yacht as fire fighters get the blaze under control. all the emergency services
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