Safari boat caught a fire and sunk

[KathyV]

Here's a couple more from the Red Sea, good grief!

December 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsnSSvQuV1E

May 2017
http://eg.thescubanews.com/2017/05/26/divers-lose-everything-in-liveaboard-fire/

http://www.divernet.com/home-diving-news/p319987-red-sea-liveaboard-fire-left-divers-stranded.html

 

[DandyDon]

. Makes me think how to handle/prepare for such emergencies. Can one even prepare since everything happened so fast?

I'm sure that many snicker at me wearing my snorkel vest on any moving boat smaller than a ferry - always, maybe everyone except those who have survived other sinkings. It's no trouble really, but if I ever need it...!!

 

[Dogbowl]

I'm sure that many snicker at me wearing my snorkel vest on any moving boat smaller than a ferry - always, maybe everyone except those who have survived other sinkings. It's no trouble really, but if I ever need it...!!

I also looked up @Wookie s advice about the mustang Inflatable. I like it!

 

[tridacna]

My favorite “fake news” comment:

“Nipon Kongkwan, chief of La-Ngu Police Station, said the captain of the Charan Tour boat told him the incident happened when the crew was filling oxygen tanks for a dive. They did so too close to an inflammable material, and an accidental spark lit up flames that soon spread across the boat too quickly for the tourists to do anything but leap free.”

Filling “oxygen” tanks? Hilarious.

 

[DandyDon]

I also looked up @Wookie s advice about the mustang Inflatable. I like it!

Great products for those who don't mind the price. My snorkel vest is less than 1/10th - a price anyone can afford

 

[boulderjohn]

Filling “oxygen” tanks? Hilarious.

Some liveaboards do carry oxygen tanks, and some may use partial pressure filling for nitrox. Do you know for sure that those were not in use on this boat?

 

[tridacna]

Some liveaboards do carry oxygen tanks, and some may use partial pressure filling for nitrox. Do you know for sure that those were not in use on this boat?

Witnesses in other articles report that the fire started below deck. I don’t like pp O2 fills on a boat for this very reason. A rocking boat is a remarkably good source of friction when doing this. Also a nice excuse for a badly maintained boat for the insurance company. Other articles mention other potential reasons.

I would hope that all live-aboards carry O2 tanks especially for emergency O2.