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    Portable gas camping stove fire on board boat

    “It’s alarming how quickly the fire grows” – Warning over camping stove use on boats

    • March 17, 2022

    A quick brew turned into a frightening fire aboard a classic wooden boat for PBO contributor Max Liberson.

    The £8 “truck” exhaust - beware cheap exhausts like this

    Beware “lethal exhausts” unsuitable for boats

    • February 18, 2022

    Very cheap exhausts bought online and fitted to marine diesel heaters risk fires and fatal fumes, warns a marine surveyor and former boatbuilder.

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    Gas explosion blows roof off boat in Northern Ireland

    • July 19, 2017

    A man was injured this morning after a gas explosion blew the roof off a boat near Lisbellaw, County Fermanagh.

    Firefighters and coastguard crew attend carbon monoxide incident aboard motor boat. Credit: Penarth Coastguard Rescue Team

    Warning after three rescued after carbon monoxide leak

    • November 16, 2016

    The RYA is reminding boaters about the dangers of carbon monoxide after three men received treatment for the effects of suspected poisoning following a leak on board their motor boat.

    Coastguard helicopter rescues five men from sinking boat

    Safety reminder after five men airlifted from sinking boat

    • August 9, 2016

    The UK Coastguard has issued safety advice for leisure boaters after five people were rescued as their boat sank under them, off the south west coast of Scotland.

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