Three People Saved from Yacht Fire in Burj al Arab Dubai

Three persons where saved from a fire which broke on a sixteen meter motor yacht near Burj al Arab in Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai on 1400 hours of Friday seventeen January.  The Dubai Civil Defense assisted the yacht passengers first and later extinguished the fire, although the yacht was practically totaled with all its upper structure burned out. None of the three passengers had any injuries.  According to an initial report the fire started from an engine failure and a fuel leakage, although an investigation is ongoing on the case. 

The yacht in this fire is an Astondoa 52 GLX as designed by Christian Gatto and produced from 2007 to 10.  The Astondoa 52 GLX came out as a replacement to the 54 GLX, with the model evolving into the 55 Fly model in 2010 with the addition of a larger extended bathing platform.