A boat explosion left a trail of destruction across an upmarket marina with a woman onboard barely escaping with her life.
The huge explosion shook houses several suburbs away from Newport Anchorage Marina, on Sydney s northern beaches, about 8pm on Saturday.
The 57-year-old woman was by herself lying down on a couch inside the 14m vessel at the time of the blast which shook nearby houses. She was asleep on the yacht and she s heard a big bang and then she s managed to get off the boat where she s been assisted by another female to a safe area, NSW Ambulance Chief Inspector Darren Hoschke said.
âExtremely luckyâ to survive: Gas leak probed as Newport yacht blown to pieces
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Subscriber only 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
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