Dolphin Swims worker gives update after boat engine fire
Sea All Dolphin Swims updates with good news after police responded to reports of a boat that had caught fire with 22 passengers onboard in waters off Queenscliff on 21 March.
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00:00 Hi, Murphy of Sealed Office, just wanted to reach out and let everyone know that everything's okay.
00:05 As you can see, the boat is still here. There was no fire on board.
00:08 There was some smoke in the engine room and our team did the right thing.
00:11 They followed our emergency procedures as set out in our safety management system.
00:15 We took our clients off the vessel and we put them onto the ferry
00:18 whilst the skipper and our deckhand was trying to figure out what was going on.
00:22 They were able to drive the boat back into the harbour.
00:25 CFA and the water police were able to go through everything.
00:28 They told us they didn't see any evidence of a fire.
00:30 At this point, it's looking like it may have been the engine overheated
00:34 which caused some of the engine oil to actually burn and then create that smoke.
00:38 So it's quite an exciting morning.
00:40 I can report though, everybody's A-okay.
00:42 The boat is working and we'll just be waiting for a clearance from AMSA before we're back out on the water.
00:46 So we'd love to see you out here soon and I hope that there's no concerns out there because everybody is safe.
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