A fire broke out on a yacht over the Huangpu River in Shanghai around 7pm on Saturday, says a Shanghai Daily twitter post.
What happened?
At 7.09pm, authorities received an emergency report of smoke billowing from the deck engine room of a yacht that was cruising the river.
Rescue operations
The fire was put out at 8:40pm. All of the eleven passengers on board, including a 8-year-old girl, were successfully rescued. The cause is under investigation.
Lu Jingjun, the police officer on the boat, saved nine people from the boat and two others from the river. pic.twitter.com/MH5lgc1CPT
— Shanghai Daily (@shanghaidaily) August 8, 2021
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Source: Shanghai Daily
