VicEmergency issued an alert for a non-structure hearth within the bay at 12.41pm, a number of kilometres south of Williamstown and west of Brighton.
The destroyed vessel was a cabin cruiser in keeping with FRV, which implies it usually has different facilities on board reminiscent of a kitchen or sleeping quarters.
3AW caller Dan, talking from Elwood foreshore simply after noon, mentioned flames had been seen on the vessel about one kilometre off Melbourne’s shoreline.
“I can see enormous flames popping out of it. It’s too distant to see any folks, nevertheless it’s a large boat hearth,” he mentioned. “You may see it from all elements of the bay.”
Two males in yellow lifejackets are assisted by emergency companies close to a ship hearth in Port Phillip Bay.Credit score: 9
The Australian Border Power and Victoria Police had been contacted for remark.
Emergency companies haven’t but confirmed whether or not anybody was injured.
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