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BREAKING Firefighters rush to huge blaze on 'posh yacht' as thick plumes seen pouring from boat
#Torquay marina fighting a fire on an 85ft private vessel."Five fire engines are currently at the scene.According to Devon Live, who reported that the boat was worth £6 million, a local eyewitness said: "Massive fire near Pavilion I think on Torquay Harbourside."A Devon Live reporter from the scene said, during a Facebook Live said at 1.20pm: "The front bow section is still whole."She is not sinking."There are still flames on the deck, but the flames are not as high and they are no longer thick, black acrid smoke."And road traffic and monitoring service, Inrix said: "A379 Torbay Road in both directions blocked, queueing traffic due to fire services activity from Torquay Harbour to Vaughan Road."Local councillor Cat Jones tweeted: "A yacht is on fire by Torquay marina it’s like a fire ball!"There is no indication so far as to what caused the fire or whether or not anyone was on board at the time.This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest updates.Reporters working on dailystar.co.uk will be working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.You can also follow us on Twitter @DailyStar to get the latest news updates 24 hours a day.Or download the Daily Star app for flash alerts on the biggest stories of the day.Why not also subscribe to receive our regular Daily Star news bulletins? You can do this on this page by simply entering your email address above and hitting 'subscribe'.
