Fire destroys dive boat in Thailand, injures seven workers

Bangkok – A fire gutted a dive boat which was undergoing repairs on a Thai resort island, injuring seven workers.

The fire was believed to have been started by sparks from a steel saw used by a workman doing engine repairs on the scuba diving boat, owned by the West Coast Divers, a Thai firm operating around Phuket Island, 600 kilometres south of Bangkok.

‘There was an explosion, and then the fire immediately broke out,’ company managing director Pakdee Khruthanang.

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