Police say nobody has been injured after 22 passengers, including school students, were evacuated from a boat following a suspected engine bay fire.
An emergency warning is issued for McArthur River at Borroloola. Likely to peak Thursday afternoon. For the latest, search onPolice said 22 passengers, including school students, were in the boat off Queenscliff when a suspected engine bay fire broke out about 8:30am.
A passenger who was on the ferry which the children were evacuated onto said the students were "all good".
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