The 23.5-metre wooden cargo vessel MV Tanakorn was reported ablaze at 4 pm. By the time Marine Police patrol boat 814 arrived around an hour later, the boat had burned to the waterline.
No casualties have been reported.
Dramatic photos of Phuket boat fire
Dramatic photos of Phuket boat fire
PHUKET: Dramatic photos of the blaze aboard a cargo boat off Phuket continue to come in from the Marine Police.
Friday 7 March 2014 05:45 PM