Forty boats and yachts from ten to thirty meters in length were destroyed in a super fire at Nautica Aqua yacht yard shed in via Madagascar, Cala Saccaia, Cipnes industrial area, Olbia for a blaze which started just after 15:30 of Tuesday 22 April. The Olbia, Arzachena and Tempio Vigili dell Fuoco, plus the specialized units of Costa Smeralda airport, coordinated by the Sassari fire station responded to this complicated extinguishing operation, which with a shed full of boats and yachts, made it become an oven fuelled by glass fibre and the fuel inside the vessels. The fire fighting operation lasted till the following morning, and seventeen hours to turn off and extinguish. In a miracle no one was injured in this fire with the exception of one yard worker which suffered little smoke inhalation and was treated on the spot. The 118 Emergency helicopter was also involved, along with the local police and Carabinieri. It is not confirmed how the fire started, if from a boat or yacht, or an electrical failure in the shed, with an investigation being opened to find out on what really happened.
Nautica Aqua was founded in 2012 by Raffaele Virdis a previous service manager with Ferretti Group, and Gruppo Gaias a property developer from the area. With this synergy Nautica Aqua grew fast, operating two big sheds; Aqua and Aquarius adjacent to each other in Madagascar street.
It will be impossible to note all the boats and yachts in this fire, but information has come that a Cerri 86 Flying Sport, Magnum 53 Maltese, and an Otam 65 have been lost. We will update this list if more information will come along.
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