Huge ‘fireball’ rips through £6M super yacht as smoke clears popular beach

A HUGE £6million super yacht erupted in a fireball today causing packed beaches to be evacuated after a major incident was declared.
Plumes of black smoke billowed over Torquay as the flames ripped through the 85ft boat on the harbour.
Some locals are understood to be stuck on the pier as firefighters rush to extinguish the blaze.
The boat's ropes caught on fire causing it to break free from its moorings while ablaze.
Police confirmed there have been no injuries reported following the drama at around midday.
Officials have warned locals and holidaymakers to stay away from the seafront and the beaches have been evacuated.
Those living nearby have also been asked to shut their doors and windows to avoid the fumes.
Three fire engines are on the scene to put the flames out on the boat, which contains 8,000 litres of diesel fuel.
One stunned bystander said the blaze was "like a fireball" after it broke out today.
Another said: "There were explosions. Ropes burnt through and it drifted into pier.
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[@lunatik3395]

It’s not a fire.. it’s a special smoke operation.

[@brandyf4088]

👍 👌 💙 💛 SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦 ♥

[@MoiraWillenov]

Good one. Witty. :D

[@na23071991]

💙💛SLAVA UKRAINE 💥👏👏👏👏

[@MSR.00]

Stffu get over it

[@fabiocossa2420]

💪🇺🇦🙌🗽

[@charliestales5504]

As my Dad used to say, "This was probably a friction fire. The insurance policy was rubbing against the mortgage!"

[@skybluedreams77]

Exactly, specially in this financial climate we're all living in. And the price of gas prices sky rocketing...

[@gibau1000]

@@skybluedreams77 I have a friend with a last name almost like yours. But it's spelled with an 's' at the end. 😆 Sorry, I'm goofy at times. Have a good one. She's Portuguese.

[@skybluedreams77]

@@gibau1000 like Lopes, yes sounds Portuguese.

[@SMA1mommy]

🤣😂🤣😂 love this gone jave to use this on. Thanks for sharing. Def give your Dad and you credit for this 😂🤣😂

[@yellowduck8061]

🤭👏👏

[@angelo_giachetti]

There should be a huge fee for polluting the public's air.

[@MaximGhost]

There likely will be as part of the cleanup cost that the insurance company will have to pay. And if the boat owner doesn't have insurance, then he'll be sued and will have to pay out of pocket ... and owning a £6M yacht means he has very deep pockets.

[@Cheese_Boi1986]

no lol

[@mariemccann5895]

There should be a huge fee for polluting public internet.

[@posh7079]

you fools are ating as if houses havent been burning down for eternity

[@mariemccann5895]

@@posh7079 Who needs houses, we need boats!

[@Gixer750pilot]

“That’s like a million quid boat”, owner wonders over proudly “ I think you’ll find it’s a £6 million boat actually “

[@sprinter1832]

Gixer750pilot Not any more, actually! 🤣😅😂😂😁😉🙃😊

[@fragzwill7012]

Get sergeant angle on it 😜

[@uktravel8341]

Far too much for anyone to be spending on a boat.

[@ciprianpopa1503]

The 5 millions went up in smoke.

[@budbud2509]

Yeah the difference in figures is between what it cost, and the Insurance value ...........

[@Dog.soldier1950]

“Should have changed the battery in the smoke detector “

[@briandoherty2728]

Very correct - rock on russia.

[@jetv1471]

😂

[@badlyniceness2315]

Good one..this is how a Russian sells his super yacht..

[@briandoherty2728]

@HEAD SHOT You are confused - I didn't link it to russia -

[@friedchicken1]

those batteries are getting expensive

[@seanelstob5922]

There’s no way that’s a million pound boat. It’s on fire.

[@eckyx9019]

One carefully owner.

[@johnrussell3961]

It’s a million pound fire with a boat in the middle.

[@brianr8581]

😆 you 🏆

[@skybluedreams77]

I'm thinking the possibility of inside job by owner/s perhaps to claim the £6 million insurance.

[@RinpochesRose]

🙂😆🤣🤣🤣😂👍🏻

[@xenon54]

Looks like someone wants to have a full insurance claim by making sure the yacht was lit from bow to stern.

[@berniecom728]

Is that one of Russia's yachts, The Russian army are destroying their tanks and the oligarch are destroying their yachts.

[@xenon54]

@@briansimmons6832 Or as crazy US representative Marjorie Taylor Greene would say: "Jewish laser beams shot from Jewish satellites starting fires".

[@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885]

For sure a crime.

[@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885]

@@jayamburn1959 How can a ship burn like that one?

[@aaronmicalowe]

Putin decided to burn his yacht so they couldn't take it. What a loser. 🤦‍♂️😂

[@nunyabitnezz2709]

Here’s where news people would mention the name of the yacht, the location where it happened, and maybe who owned the yacht…

[@andyhornett4507]

Exactly.....and if it were a possible arson attack and why?

[@gobbletegook]

I know, hey! But I am hopping it RUSSIAN

[@robm.4512]

It was the “Rendezvous”. Location was Torquay, Devon, on the SW UK coast. As a mere £6m yacht it’s more or less a tiddler in superyacht industry terms, hardly something any Russian oligarch would bother to have. Owner is believed to be British, but that’s unconfirmed. Hope that helps.

[@robm.4512]

@@andyhornett4507 Why jump to arson as a cause? Chef induced galley fires and electrical system failures are by far the most common reasons for superyachts going up in smoke. This fire started in the lower midships/forward section of the vessel, as earlier footage shows, that is where the galley is situated. No proof yet, but as a running hypothesis it’s far more likely that either Cheffy forgot the potato chips that he was shallow frying, or that someone female flushed a bog and the macerator pump couldn’t handle the tampon that she’d been warned never ever to drop into a marine toilet, jamming it up and creating a near short in the dc motor that drives it. That’s when wiring gets hot and, in theory, a fuse blows and cuts the supply. Problem is that guests and inexperienced stewardesses often ignore warnings and do just that. Engineers do get a bit cheesed off with rebuilding toilets on a regular basis, it’s an unsavoury job. Sometimes if a macerator circuit receives an overrated fuse it’ll struggle but will keep going. That’s absolutely the wrong approach but I’ve personally witnessed it having been done on yachts I’ve worked aboard. That’s just reality, mundane and stupid though it is. 🤷‍♂️

[@kingsindian8948]

Let’s hope it’s 🇷🇺 even if it is very small by their corrupt “standards”. SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦

[@m.w.]

There is no war, its just a special military operation......🔥🚒👨‍🚒

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

Was there any one aboard? 🏴‍☠

[@The_Greedy_Orphan]

Actually (first off, assmuning it's Russian owned and not just some idiot who also thinks a paediatrician is a paedophile, remember that? ) , they'll just be able to collect the insurance money now, whereas before, it was sitting in a Dock, racking up fees and hopefully detained, therefore unusable and also racking up maintenance fees. Burning the ship down just gives the owner a free cheque in the bank.

[@briandoherty2728]

Correct and russia is winning the SMO despite all the war mongers of America NATO EU and the clown UK.

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

I just learned they also torched Jennifer Lopez's yacht, is she Russian? 🏴‍☠

[@jimreadey4837]

@@The_Greedy_Orphan, Mark Anthony is Russian…?!

[@StevesSlideandJazz]

I hope it belongs to a Russian! 🤣🤣👍🏻

[@user-pp8lw8cx4w]

In UK, the yachts of Russian oligarchs are being burned. Putin applauds standing 🤣

[@peterleadley]

Too small for a Russian oli.

[@DH-zp7bc]

Corporate I heard.

[@inlinefourtr]

Going to have to leave their windows open on the yacht to get rid of all that smell of smoke.

[@Luigi13]

Speaking about pollution, look at the black smoke this boat creates while it burns. Definitely is contaminating the air big time.

[@raylopez99]

Boat owners should be fined for that...and make them pay in pounds, euros or dollars, not rubles.

[@34JohannesHeinz34]

Sure. Right. However, burning superyachts isn't really top priority right now

[@s.a.3882]

It's a GRP boat (plastic)

[@ak47980]

Mam nadzieję że to Ruski jacht

[@Cheese_Boi1986]

what a stupid comment

[@DARMAK.]

если это яхта чиновника из РОССИИ - ТО Я ПРОСТО СЧАСТЛИВ

[@eileenharte2176]

Me 2 🇺🇦

[@MrNogebator]

@@eileenharte2176 ставь лайк если счастлив

[@BluedrumTorso]

I have a business making model yachts in my attic. Sails have gone through the roof.

[@cardboardboxification]

good one

[@Oneshot8242]

The Scarlet Pimpernel - "Sink me!"

[@raylopez99]

Eye say you're burning down the house with your vitriol, vitreous humor. /sarcasm/

[@jaybe2908]

I had a business making submarines, but it went under.

[@truthseeker9454]

"A boat is a hole in the water you fill with money." Looks like someone had money to burn.

[@d.cypher2920]

b.o.a.t. break out another thousand ☀️😎🇺🇸☀️

[@raymondsweeney5410]

B =Brake, O =out A =another T =thousand , Boat 🤣🤣

[@Drone_PilotSG]

If the news of the burning boat is on the SUN…you know it’s got to do with the Russian war

[@justjacob360]

I live in Torquay and the fumes from this boat have affected areas up to a mile away from the harbour. Crazy

[@xcofcd]

This stuff is highly toxic, plastics, fiberglass etc. imagine you're offshore and the fire starts. Two breaths of that smoke and you're done...

[@aileronhelicopters]

😢😰

[@timmanning5357]

I was going to say it was very thoughtful of the owner not to set it ablaze until the prevailing wind would disperse toxic fumes into a less populated area in a less concentrated manner.

[@defaultname01]

But but... Make sure you're driving an EV to save the planet....

[@gorn9161]

It's all the Stoli going up🔥🍸

[@richhatserey2992]

The saddest thing to me is the environment

[@cosmoviking5089]

Greta Thunberg look at this with her soul and eyes full of fury.

[@oscare.quiros6349]

It is really sad... the amount of pollution that thing generates.

[@zaz4667]

Exactly!

[@garsr6]

And that's before it caught fire!

[@BassSwirls]

Yes... I know the area very well, my home town I grew up fishing in that harbour , that harbour is teaming with life , let alone the surrounding coast and sea. There are thousands of gallons of fuel left it the sunken wreck I believe.

[@corypalmer5495]

problem solved

[@joecola6415]

How much pollution does it generate?

[@jamescoleman9580]

I feel so sorry for the super rich....this just breaks my heart

[@Shinzon23]

Sarcasm?

[@AstroGremlinAmerican]

If you share their insurance company . . . .

[@trocadero1965]

Eh...

[@cosmosdark5972]

First time i saw a $10M Yacht and was happy I didn't own it.

[@vinm300]

It's not big enough for an Oligarch, but maybe a maximally corrupt apparatchik.

[@ianrobertsonRR1]

could be a tender for an Oligarch's yacht 🙂

[@tyson31415]

I think for 6 million pounds it should have had a sprinkler system. And before anyone says "that would sink the boat", A 6 million pound boat should at the very least three independently powered bilge pumps.

[@bensmith1629]

Arrrrrr me harty

[@batmscot6149]

You would think 🤔 it would have fire systems and back up systems that are idiot proof or at the very least automatic and are tamper proof.

[@mattaut88]

How short do you want a video to be? SUN: "Yes"

[@kevinoconnor2921]

....and what was the carbon footprint of all of the fiberglass, plastic, and synthetic upholstery churning out all of that black smoke. Oh wait, if you're rich, carbon footprint doesn't apply. I'm glad that stupid thing sunk.

[@johnbeckwith1361]

Equal to the footprint of creating it. But who cares anyways, humans contribute 1% of all CO2 emitted into the atmosphere annually. This will have an immeasurable effect. The whole issue is horse $hit personally.

[@eyesodd]

Don't worry guys it's a carbon neutral fire, if you didn't know super yatchs are exempt from carbon taxes 🙄

[@servicedogranger]

excellent Drone footage thank you for the view I am a commercial drone pilot in Northern California I am sorry that the captain lost his ship that for sure looks like the million-dollar yacht maybe two million

[@morninboy]

You have no idea how small a million dollar boat is. We live in a world of million dollar cars

[@MrJfrederici]

Amazing that fire engulfed the entire vessel from stem to stern, but no clue as to how long the fire raged before this video was taken.

[@jarvisa12345]

Most of the superstructure is probably glass reinforced plastic. The enormous amount of thick black smoke suggests that it is plastic that is burning.

[@batmscot6149]

If you look again it looks like 5 separate jets of localised flame 🔥..hmmmmmmm ?

[@sayyer10]

@@batmscot6149 Yes. And that only means high chance this fire is deliberately lit.

[@D33J3nk1]

Thoughts and prayers going out to all the poor,rich boat owners out there x

[@martinoamello3017]

My thoughts aren't exactly in prayer mode for them....more like fuckem mode, but hey, they weren't inviting me on board anyway.

[@danmack8456]

I think he may be joking^^😂

[@jetv1471]

😂

[@Chinmeng420]

It's because due to the war in Ukraine, That's why

[@danmack8456]

@@Chinmeng420 nothing to do with that😂

[@randr2141]

Doesn’t show the boat eventually drifting to the pier and setting that alight too. And yes you could smell the acrid smoke from several miles away.

[@timmanning5357]

Doesn't show it getting hit with a NLAW!

[@Shinzon23]

Then why haven't you uploaded footage of it setting the pier onfire yet?

[@mikbar4515]

Excellent fire prevention service in this harbour !

[@BassSwirls]

Yep... no marine fire capability I believe. ....obviously. They just take hundreds of pounds per meter rent and provide minimum service.

[@mariemccann5895]

Bit late for that, I'd be more worried about fire fighting myself.

[@bernardkelly8898]

This is a Russian boat Well done

[@greenerdays]

Something unnatural about the way that fire is burning. Weird how it's even, across the entire boat, and raging so much. Looks like an oil well burning.

[@olegkosygin2993]

It's packed full of flammable materials - even the metal it's made of burns when it's hot enough. The thing's a tinderbox of toxic fuel.

[@neiltitmus9744]

Fiber glass resin burns like a good one and metals burn well too best thing for that boat would be turn everything off and tempory sink it

[@juliet7703]

Yes i thought it was oil well at first. Surprised to see it was a big boat

[@leighmonty13]

Well it's probably full of luxury wood,furniture and the boat is made of flammable resin not to mention all the fuel

[@marksolarz3756]

Fiberglass burns like that...better let it burn...it’s pure plastic! Hard to put out!

[@russell7489]

No boats next to it? or Dock staff had keys to all the boats? AND Were hanging around that yacht so they could start moving boats at first smoke? The only real questions are what kind of accelerant & how much, is it simple insurance fire or will there be bodies. Maybe Russian bodies, rich well connected Russian bodies who failed their lord & master (two or three families so far " eliminated ").

[@raylopez99]

I have a book for you to read "Dead in the Water" by Campbell et al (2021) on exactly this topic, except the boat was an oil tanker. Spoiler alert below. ~ ~ ~ The bad guys got away with it and some good guys died. But fascinating reading.

[@yellowduck8061]

Sounds plausible to me. A lot of rich Russians committing suicide these days.

[@DH-zp7bc]

The recently seized Kahu that was found to have £160 million worth of drugs on it. Moored just near the marina entrance. Just sold at auction.

[@saxon-mt5by]

@@yellowduck8061 A rich Russian wouldn't be seen dead in a little boat like that!

[@CBDREVIEWUK]

@@yellowduck8061 really who? I haven't heard any of this but doesn't surprise me

[@ebeaulieu813]

Growing up in New York whenever there was a building burning intensely like this obvious insurance job. On Long Island there was a motor home dealer who had one fry down to the ground. The interesting thing this dealer always had the motor homes and trailers neatly lined up 5-6 feet apart. On this occasion the one burnt to the ground was well separated from the others and sometime around midnight it burned like the yacht from one end to the other??????????????

[@mickelodiansurname9578]

yeah its an insurance job... owner probably worried he's on a list... so burns the assets and makes off with the money. Probably agreed with the insurance company to sever ties. We had guy in Dublin who sold carpets... anyway maybe three or four times a decade for 20 years he set fire to his own building yet for some reason shortly after there were van loads of carpet sellers, selling his very brand of carpets, door to door!

[@landlord440illuminate8]

😆🤣😂😂

[@Drone_PilotSG]

The rest of Europe seems to be hitting out at all Russian owned assets like boats, bank accounts and even companies

[@BrassLock]

I can understand how easily this kinda thing happens. Sometimes I forget my boiled eggs on the camping gas stove, the water boils away while I'm in the engine room decanting 6,000 litres of diesel in preparation for my irregular dash to Vladivostok so I can catch up with old mates from the Good Old Days . . . Blow me down, before you know it the fumes catch fire 🔥 in the half empty can, then I throw it away, but it lands on the hot saucepan, and _"Whoosh! We're on TV, just like that!"_

[@lunatik3395]

Maybe you shouldn’t be trying to do a million different important and life saving things at once.. and maybe slow down and focus. Just a thought 🙋‍♂️

[@stevemusson195]

You should be on stage lol

[@vespadavidson2315]

Same thing happened to me, and the box of flares I was saving for emergencies…. well… do I need to explain..🤷🏽‍♂️.

[@BLACKMONGOOSE13]

Would this be the place and time to say I burned my sailboat to the waterline when boiling some noodles?

[@vespadavidson2315]

@@BLACKMONGOOSE13 I think it would…. I mean, can you expect a better time.? Really.?

[@markdowse3572]

What a shame.... We stand with UKRAINE. 💪💪 M 🦘🏏😎

[@Roonasaur]

Frankly, that's not a big enough boat to be an Oligarch's . . .

[@markdowse3572]

@@Roonasaur Yeah. Should be MORE stolen money in it. Wait ...........

[@danielmocsny5066]

@@Roonasaur - It might belong to one of the Minigarchs.

[@mariemccann5895]

PMSL

[@peteranddorothybowles5428]

Through living on a boat for years I can safely say 90percent or more owners of these types of boats ain't got a clue about boats I was amazed to find out how little training you need By law NONE Its a blo dy joke really

[@yottiechick]

Yess! Totally agree with you on this point. Although possibly not this video related ... Been a liveaboard/cruiser for years. The amount of STUPID and incompetent on the water - particularly on the south coast of england in summer - that I see these days is staggering and beyond belief. They bring their phones and their disgusting personalities out on to the sea with them too. They use dog leads and zero scope to anchor in tidal rivers so they drag, or they think it's acceptable to drop their hook within a couple of boat lengths of others. They crash through marinas and blame everyone else.They do not understand colregs ... the list is endless.

[@lousey1969]

I love how the Sun try and exaggerate things. This is a 2010 boat so the value is more like £2M and not £6m. Still a lot of money though but what's £4m in a story anyway???

[@JDurand888]

Could be the work of Ukrainian patriotism. Could also be the work of a annoyed ex girlfriend.

[@donaldcarey114]

Never understimate an ex girlfriend - Hell hath no fury...

[@LasVegas68]

@@donaldcarey114 No kidding right! Lol

[@stephenflowers8516]

That's more than a million quid, pound, dollar yacht. Several million I'd say.

[@mickelodiansurname9578]

Trust me mate... its not worth 50p now!

[@premierpollo]

Convenient that no other boats are around it. Almost like they were told to move before!

[@cawmseejlis9738]

Good News ! Ukraine brave soldiers God bless Ukraine God bless NATO God bless EU God bless United States of America

[@GG-pr3yo]

You can buff that out no problem.

[@jeffreyhancock8831]

HA! NICE !!

[@joephysics5469]

That burn pattern. Looks like arson. More than a million pound boat. Much more.

[@ninjarooneil7866]

More like 50 million

[@JasmineLindros]

LOL! Where do you airhead conspiracy theorists get your drivel? Go ahead, half-wit, explain the difference between an arson "burn pattern" and a cracked propane line in the galley.

[@flower2289]

You are right Joe. Absolutely looks like arson. Looks too evenly and intensely burning to be anything else.

[@JasmineLindros]

@@flower2289 Joe is an ignorant liar, flower, and so are you. How EXACTLY do urethane foam, synthetic fabrics, and rubber know they should burn LESS intensely in an accidental fire?

[@kentcarter835]

🤣🤣🤣

[@chrismiles6010]

It is a PRINCESS Y85 yacht, of which 31 were built. It is very unlikely that it is the "Rendezvous" as the all white hull of the boat on fire does not match to Rendezvous' white superstructure with a beige coloured hull.

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

I know fibreglass burns very fast, but how is it possible that this boat can be entirely consumed by flames yet is still tied up to the pier with not a single fire crew or emergency services in sight? Clearly the mooring lines were going to burn through, the boat would be adrift (which it did) and then be an even greater fire hazard, risking setting light to the pier and/or other boats.

[@frankvc5280]

Wind direction was exactly right, we waited 3 days for this windchange :=))

[@groupb5420]

One stunned bystander said “ it was like a fire ball “ ..great reporting , ffs 🤦‍♂️

[@jacqdanieles]

It's a tabloid. You're expecting pulitzer prize journalism?

[@mikeoglen6848]

What's it like, then?

[@theelephantintheroom5583]

And when they report on a winter storm, they will incude: one stunned bystander said "it was like rain pouring down."

[@mikeoglen6848]

@@theelephantintheroom5583 'Raining Cats and Dogs',surely?

[@suzyqualcast6269]

I heard "is that the boat, then ?"

[@stevenbaer5999]

Is that actually Vladimir Putin super yacht on fire? If it's actually his own boat it's actually about time to see it gone?

[@McGrowlers1]

My nephew knows the owner - an English guy. It’s conservatively valued at £2M and didn’t have a permanent crew on board. It is believed the fire started due to an electrical fault. Fire did substantial damage to the mooring as well.

[@BuckNaked2k]

Too bad. I was hoping it belonged to a Russian oligarch.

[@hRt42kuo7jTtmk14]

I wonder who owns that? Actually I don’t. But I don’t think Mr. Putrid is laughing the way everyone else is. Well done. 🇺🇦

[@societylost4344]

Wtf are you saying? Ffs you bots are weirdos!

[@Salmakhan-lj5jt]

And read the link in description 😂 2019 boat fire

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

Keep telling yourself "putting a flag in every post I make is what makes me a good person".

[@Salmakhan-lj5jt]

@@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo what u on about..

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

@@Salmakhan-lj5jt op putting Ukraine flag for basically no reason it's a weird cult at this point innit

[@Jerry40872]

For the insurance?

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Definitely. And wait until the religious fruitcakes latch on to the shadow of Jesus on the wall at 0:30

[@CM-dw2xr]

I guess if you are under sanctions and about to lose it anyway, might as well have the insurance money.

[@RamblingRamul]

a million pounds xD yeah this dude knows nothing. If this was 1 mil.. there would be so much more of them m8 xD

[@Wildstar40]

If this was a million pounds it would be 1957 lol

[@toocutepuppies6535]

How many people DON'T feel bad about a rich dudes boat catching fire.😂 I just hope nobody was on it.

[@aileronhelicopters]

Looks like we're all the same in this world, wish school shootings should be in rich schools only) *wanna see a rich 😰😭*

[@shewolfee4247]

They were just sanitizing it..making sure no monkeys put pox on it!!!

[@frasertones8519]

Envy and jealousy will destroy your soul. Let's say for example that you had a good business idea, you set goals and worked extremely hard to meet those goals, then your hard work paid off and you and your family were financially secure. Does that make that person a bad person? If you're rooting for that person's property to be destroyed then they must be a bad person right? Think about what your saying and try to see the world from other people's perspective. P.S. No I don't have a boat but I don't automatically wish ill will on those that do.

[@toocutepuppies6535]

@@frasertones8519 It almost sounds like you're either wealthy yourself and it makes you feel better when you think people don't like you because they envy you. Or, you envy rich people. And, no I don't want a yacht.

[@frasertones8519]

@@toocutepuppies6535 Oh ok, you're right. From now on every time I see a boat or a nice car, or a nice house, I'll know that that belongs to a bad person and I'll take pleasure in seeing it destroyed. Thanks for sorting me out. Moron.

[@johnhopkins6260]

Would be interesting to know who owns (or claims to own) the boat

[@JustAnotherThisDJ]

my thoughts exactly i wonder who

[@mountainbiker7737]

Not a Russian, surely 😁🤔😏

[@MiguelLopez-yc2rh]

A russian oligarch?

[@insectslayer1374]

I thought it was Putin's

[@atticusfredericks6210]

@@MiguelLopez-yc2rh A Russian oligarch would view that vessel as a dinghy .

[@uktravel8341]

The Russian oligarchs' yachts cost upwards of £100 million each so this is small change. I wonder how many poorly-paid people in the private sector know that this is what their labour is going to fund.

[@smoothlyrough512]

Article that brought me here says this is a £6 million boat, poor poor rich folks. How ever will they cope?

[@lanceschaerer6875]

That is in my opinion an insurance grab straight up. Whole ship is engulfed not just a portion but bow to stern and a nice even flame throughout.

[@juri_xiii9977]

Oh,Yess,that's a "work".. Someone has applied gasoline to the whole length of the boat.. I'm also guessing the owner must be Russian. 😆😆😆

[@lanceschaerer6875]

@@juri_xiii9977 maybe the boats Cap'n was ukrainian....

[@stevenwilgus5422]

It is too obviously just that. The question remains: was the "perp/owner" piggybacking on the Special Operation excuse, or was it simply an "accident." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bigstyx]

That’s a typical yacht fire I doubt very much that it was arson. Right now there’s a huge market for yachts and there’s a shortage it’s like housing there’s more buyers than sellers right now. You could definitely sell the yacht for more than you’re gonna get from the insurance company.

[@larrywilliams3858]

@Skyler.G There is no question that they are all experts. It is KZbin. LOL I have no idea how it started, but people must realize that when you can't put it out, it all burns. Why bother speculating.

[@porterijsseldijk3953]

Why are people being so mean to the owner.

[@TheKlownchez]

Must have been a Russian captain. Thought he saw a Ukrainian and started launching flares

[@sidekicknorris5712]

What type of drone was used for this amazing footage?

[@1tonyboat]

A kamikazi drone......!!!!!

[@franklinmint7394]

Today's boat prices are literally on fire 🔥

[@russell7489]

Good one

[@ronnieince4568]

Could be simply a Viking funeral. reconstruction that got a bit out of hand !!!

[@danielmocsny5066]

The Vikings were known for getting things a bit out of hand though. Have you ever seen an orderly pillaging?

[@QuadMochaMatti]

Somebody must have been inspired by "Rocket Gibraltar", but forgot to untie the mooring lines. 😂

[@Cheese_Boi1986]

the fact there are comments about pollution because the boats burning reminds me why i hate today's society....

[@fabiocossa2420]

Well done, 👍🏿👏 keep up the good work

[@mackyjack3929]

Was it a Russian boat 🤔

[@johnblackburn544]

Hopefully no one injured/killed

[@gdelcuatoz1461]

I'm not rich but it's a shame to see how people hating on rich people in the comments haters think being rich is only for certain people just imagine you worked hard to make it and then you lose it like that their comments shows that they don't believe that they can also get rich one day all poor people are not good hearted and all rich people are not evil

[@rossib6974]

100% correct ! Alot of Nasty people on all levels

[@hRt42kuo7jTtmk14]

Insurance

[@raymonddixon7603]

I am quite rich, but I would not be that crass enough to buy one of those.

[@gdelcuatoz1461]

@@raymonddixon7603 yeah but its not just about that yacht,it can be anything that you have invested money in

[@raymonddixon7603]

@@gdelcuatoz1461 I keep all my money in a piggy bank and the mattress under the bed.

[@andrew196809]

Nobody died, how is this a major incident, now back to some real news please !!!!

[@TOMAS-lh4er]

Boats burn really fast , a dive boat in Calf, caught fire at night and took 30 divers with it that were asleep !! It burned to the water line.

[@kkjrees]

The Russian who owns this boat isn’t even trying to hide the fact that it’s arson

[@singlewhitefemale1707]

Oh wow!! Now the Russians are blowing up their yatchts for insurance money?? Must be getting desperate!🤣🤣🤣 SLAVA UKRAINE!!🇺🇲🇺🇦💗💗💗

[@monkeysee7558]

Special incendiary operation.

[@allen2879]

Such a tragic loss to humanity, may we all recover from this loss in time.

[@chadchad6531]

cringe

[@martinoamello3017]

Super yachts are people too now? Sounds like a US supreme court ruling.

[@danmystro]

@@martinoamello3017 Just a poor joke

[@danmystro]

Person worked hard for that and that's what you say? Pathetic.

[@cathrynhesketh5703]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DH-zp7bc]

There's a boat called the Kahu moored nearby. Just sold at auction having being previously confiscated and found to have £160 million pounds worth of drugs on board...

[@tommiethompson5214]

Whoever took the drone footage…………………………GREAT footage ,…………GREAT clarity

[@bigstyx]

A lot of implications of insurance fraud. I don’t think so right now there’s a shortage of yachts for sale in other words there’s more buyers than sellers and it takes approximately three years to build one. Only an idiot would burn their yacht down rather than sell it and make money.

[@stuandthestump]

They dont take three years to build!

[@tyronenelson9124]

Well at least the good thing about this type of incident is there is plenty of water to put it out😂

[@kca7715]

@@stuandthestump the ones I worked on took an average of one year to build, they were 100 footers. If they had a lot of custom items the build could easily exceed that. Often the plans went on for several months before the work ever started.

[@kca7715]

You are 100% correct. They supposedly appreciate in value after initial sale rather than depreciate like a car or truck would after driving off the lot.

[@bigstyx]

@@stuandthestump order a super yacht today and it won’t be delivered for at lest three years. Right now most major yards are not taking orders unless you are a previous client. Lurssen, Oceanco , Benetti yachts and many more are booked for years.

[@1stPrinciples455]

Congrats to Oligarchs who is now Olifarked! The smell of Easy Money toasted into ash. Enjoyed!

[@CB-zt6qs]

Considering there is a drone hovering over this and nobody around the urgency to put this out is quite low.

[@christopherchristianvanlan1809]

Imagine burning just one single Square mobile charger in a livingroom and all living things will die immediately. Consider how mother nature can cope with this

[@jerrydiver1]

These yachts are not just vulnerable to fire when in port. They can catch fire at sea as well, where you can't just stroll down the gangplank onto a pretty pier and walk up to the restaurant to watch the fire from a front-row seat.

[@dave9401]

What makes them vulnerable to fire? I'm assuming they don't combust spontaneously so what's happening?

[@Autarkienetzwerker]

... but if you wanna sell it to the insurance its the best place - there in the restaurant 😅

[@stanobert3475]

Who in their right mind purchases these monstrosities.

[@fredjones7705]

@@stanobert3475 Big one's like this are mostly bought by Charter companies. Can be highly profitable. Or maybe they have a private owner who charters them out for much of the year..it's very common.

[@fredjones7705]

@@dave9401 Any large motor Yacht has an enormous amount of stored energy on board. I imagine this one carries at least 16,000 liters (4,000 gallons) of diesel in addition to electrical energy in batteries

[@cristo6007]

Tomorrow the Russian propaganda will say it was hit by their "wunderwaffe" the super laser.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

The fire department was closed? Or were they otherwise "unavailable"? Was this yacht by any means Russian? If so, I suspect a bit of sabotage by Ukrainian secret service. They will go up in flames one by one in that case.

[@59markr]

Da. Was Ruski Special Maritime Operation boat.

[@rs232killer]

Must have progressed quickly. That is pretty far gone and it does not appear emergency services are even on the scene yet.

[@raylopez99]

Aluminum powder accelerator will do that, or, for the less sophisticated arson, simple gasoline.

[@monetarnie3841]

- That's a million pound boat. Mate, You've got no clue :)

[@GamD2]

To be fair, Its probably closer to 1 million in its current state and probably worthless by the end of the day...

[@danbrownellfuzzy3010]

I bet the cleanup bill afterwards will be a million

[@_MrMeme]

@@GamD2 "Insurance"

[@andresmontana4466]

A 2010 76 footer is worth about 2 million ish. Not 6 so he's not too far out. More accurate than the journalist..

[@monetarnie3841]

@@andresmontana4466 still no 1 million pound boat

[@MrCostas32]

oh no!! That poor multi millionaire!! my heart bleeds...

[@danmystro]

Hating on people for being wealthier than you. Sad.

[@andybibby2548]

Sat on water, and burning like hell

[@CrackPedlar]

Ironically, the Sun caused this fire. I’ve been told it was a glass ornament in the main saloon that magnified the suns light and started the fire.

[@mickelodiansurname9578]

That and a few can of gasoline and a lighter....

[@redhammer9910]

Good coverage guys.

[@C-130-Hercules]

Nice 👍…, sure beats putting fuel in it… they’ll come out ahead.

[@GO-mu4id]

They should be able to buff that out.

[@NBZW]

Stem to stern fire does raise suspicions , so says the insurance investigator.

[@fifthof1795]

good job it was positioned where it was and the wind was blowing out to sea too !

[@mariemccann5895]

Good job.

[@sisophous]

Some type of accelerant is most likely used to start this fire. Likely gasoline was dumped from end to end. This is arson no doubt by someone who doesn't like the owner or the owner himself.

[@DannyEastVillage]

I wondered if it all broke out at once because of the symmetry. Maybe that would suggest that the whole thing was on a timer.

[@sisophous]

@@DannyEastVillage A timer would make sense if the arsonist wanted to not been seen and set it to go off from a distance. The blaze is covering the entire ship so that suggests it was deliberate.

[@DannyEastVillage]

@@sisophous agree it was deliberate-obviously the entire vessel was saturated with fuel. But had to be set up by someone with access (unauthorized people don’t just come and go as they please in places like that) and then ignited using either a timer mechanism or a remote device.

[@sisophous]

@@DannyEastVillage If I owned a ship like that covered by insurance and wanted to get rid of it, setting fire to it is a possibility. Insurance company should not pay the claim. It's hard to find a buyer without drastically lowering the price.

[@beachside1]

How did the boat burn from front to back. Usually fires start in the engine compartment then fuel. Hmm I hope they had good insureance

[@blacklisted4885]

extinction rebellion, insurance job

[@yaerahughes9131]

Putin"s Yacht ??😃👋

[@skysky-ni1ps]

ทำลายให้หมดของปูติน

[@davidbarr9343]

No, unfortunately not.😞

[@hiei5040]

This guy has absolutely no clue the value of these yachts, and throws out a random "1 million GBP" see those boats that look puny in comparison? Even those start at 2 million new

[@decmannix]

A super yacht is 100 foot +. An 86 foot is just a big boat, shame though, looks like a nice one.

[@nicovantol7363]

OMG that doesn't look good at all,I hope that nobody is still in those flames !!!

[@raylopez99]

Unless it's Putin or one of his henchmen, who seem to be dying rapidly these days.

[@nicovantol7363]

@@raylopez99 Well if it's Putin's ship I can only hope I was present when the boat was in fire !!!

[@mariemccann5895]

Who cares?

[@posh7079]

@@raylopez99 obsessed zelenskybot, cope and seethe