Boat Fire

 Emergency Services were tasked to Arne just after 6pm this evening to multiple 999 calls to the Coastguard that a RIB was on fire. 

The Swanage team were returning from a previous incident and tasked  with both Poole RNLI lifeboats, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service  and Poole Harbour Commissioners 

The three on board the RIB had managed to get ashore and were picked back up by the lifeboat suffering from shock and cold. They were return to the Poole Lifeboat Station to be looked after. 

The RIB was monitored by the Coastguard for pollution , along with the Fire service and a vessel from Poole Harbour Commissioners. 

There was little left as the fire has burnt the hull down to the water line. The Harbour vessel monitored to ensure there was no further pollution and what remained would not cause a hazard to other vessels. 

With the fire on the vessel finally out the tide covered what remained.  The harbour commissioners will return tomorrow to check what remains of the burnt out hill.  There was no further signs of pollution. 

This was the second incident of the day for the team having dealt with a medical incident in Durlston Country Park.