SINGAPORE – The luxury yacht which caught fire at the ONE°15 Marina Club in Sentosa Cove on the morning of June 7 has sunk partially.
In images captured by The Straits Times at about 2pm, around six hours after smoke was first reported from the vessel, most of the yacht was submerged under water.
The seawater in the cove is black, with debris floating on the surface.
Charred bits from the aftermath of the fire is seen floating on the surface of the water.
ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said in a Facebook post that it was alerted at about 8.10am to a fire involving a yacht that was engulfed in flames.
SCDF’s land-based resources arrived at the scene in seven minutes and immediately deployed a water jet from a pontoon to fight the fire, it said.
But during the initial firefighting effort, the yacht started drifting away from the pontoon, leading SCDF to activate its marine vessel for support.
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