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A group of school children were among 22 people rescued after the boat they were travelling on caught fire in waters off Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula. The boat was travelling off the coast of Queenscliff, taking Year 8 and 9 students to swim with dolphins, when its engine bay caught fire about 8.30am on Thursday. Sea All Dolphin Swims skipper James Murphy saw smoke coming from the engine room and raised the alarm.
A Searoad Ferries vessel was the closest one to the students, and diverted from its route from Queenscliffe to Sorrento to rescue those on board. “Nobody was injured,” police said. One ferry passenger, Di Hawkins told 7NEWS: “I spoke to some of the kids, and they seemed pretty excited about the whole thing, so they weren’t disturbed whatsoever.” Murphy stayed on the damaged vessel until it was declared safe, before driving it to shore, the damage declared not serious enough to require towing.
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