The duck tour boat is on fire on the river. pic.twitter.com/k44TFh4sRi
— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) September 29, 2013
Around 30 people have been rescued from a “Duck” boat/bus hybrid vehicle caught fire on the Thames.
The passengers reportedly had to jump overboard to avoid the flames near Lambeth bridge, and were then rescued by crews on passing tourist boats according to the London Fire Brigade.
It's thought around 30 people jumped from the boat into the #Thames & were quickly rescued by firefighters, police, RNLI & other boats.
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) September 29, 2013
All passengers are safe and accounted for but around a third of the boat has been damaged in the fire, with the Fire brigade saying:
Fortunately there don’t seem to be any serious injuries but clearly people are cold, wet & in shock
Duck Tours boat fire gets put out finally, looks like everyone is safely off #duck #fire #thames pic.twitter.com/grfb422kcV
— Phil Beasley-Harling (@pbeasleyharling) September 29, 2013
