Lifeboat And Coastguard Called To Speedboat Fire in Lee on the Solent

Gosport and Fareham Independent Lifeboat and the Coastguard Rescue team from Hill Head were called to a speedboat fire this afternoon. Rescue crews raced to the aid of the 14 foot speedboat just before 2pm. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000by227KNiHdM” g_name=”Speedboat-Fire” width=”800″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” ] The vessel was a float on the busy water near to the Lee on the Solent Slipway. The incident involved a small 1 in the engine compartment of the vessel. It is believed that the engine caught 1 due to a fuel leak. The Lifeboat was sent to attend in case Coastguard rescue crews could not reach the speedboat, as they have 1 equipment on board. The boat was recovered back onto the slipway. No one is thought to have been hurt in the incident