THIS is the horror moment a boat explodes in a Costa Blanca port, injuring three people including a Brit holidaymaker.
The 37-year-old was rushed to Torrevieja Hospital along with a 31-year-old Lithuanian woman after suffering facial burns.
SolarpixThe horror moment a boat explodes in a Costa Blanca port[/caption]
SolarpixThe blast injured three people, including a Brit tourist[/caption]
SolarpixA member of the Spanish Civil Guard inspecting the boat[/caption]
The damage inside the vessel following the blastSolarpix
The British man is believed to have been a customer of a rental firm that was chartering the faulty boat.
It was not immediately clear this morning if he remained in hospital or has now been released.
A third person, a 34-year-old Spanish man, was airlifted to a hospital in Valencia after suffering severe burn injuries.
The blast took place at a pleasure port in Cabo Roig, a popular expat and holiday town just south of Torrevieja in the Orihuela Costa area.
Police have said they are currently treating the explosion as an accident.
A spokesperson for the Civil Guard said: “An emergency response coordination centre received the alert just before 10am Tuesday.
“The calls that came in said there had been a possible explosion on a pleasure boat in Cabo Roig port.
“Civil Guard officers based in nearby Pilar de la Horadada confirmed there had been an accidental explosion that had left three people injured when they arrived.
“They were a British man and a Lithuanian woman who were taken to Torrevieja Hospital and a Spanish man who was airlifted to Hospital de la Fe in Valencia.
“An investigation into the incident is ongoing.”
Footage showed concerned onlookers rushing towards the water after seeing a ball of flames rise into the air.
The unnamed Spanish man, the most seriously injured of the three, has been described locally as a workman who was cleaning the vessel.
He suffered serious burns to the bottom half of his body.
The explosion could have been caused by a fuel spill or engine failure.
But no cause has been officially determined yet.
Firefighters were called to the scene but the blaze had been extinguished by the time they arrived.
SolarpixThe blaze took place at a pleasure port in Cabo Roig, Costa Blanca[/caption]
SolarpixThe victims were rushed to hospital after suffering burn injuries[/caption]