Hong Kong Dive Boat Catches Fire, Sinks

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A dive boat sank this past weekend after catching fire off Hong Kong.

No injuries or fatalities had been reported from the blaze, and all aboard had been rescued by one other boat that used to be in the plan.

The incident on the 23-meter (75-foot) boat took inform off Jin Island — additionally called Tiu Chung Chau — a favored dive destination. The fire triggered dive tanks onboard to explode, per video footage of the blaze.

The fire is being investigated by Hong Kong authorities.

(Image credit: SCMP Clips)

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John Liang is the News Editor at DeeperBlue.com. He first bought the diving trojan horse while in High College in Cairo, Egypt, the assign he earned his PADI Commence Water Diver certification in the Red Sea off the Sinai Peninsula. Since then, John has dived in a volcanic lake in Guatemala, amongst white-tipped sharks off the Pacific Flit of Costa Rica, and numerous places alongside with a pool in Las Vegas helping to ruin the realm file for the high-quality underwater press convention.