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Catamaran hit high voltage cable and caught fire
On April 10, 2024, shortly before 10 a.m. the 'Ivnosys' caught fire on the Guadalquivir River two miles from Gelves after alliding with a high tension cable. The catamaran had left the Gelves dock bound for Isla Mínima shortly before 9:50 a.m. Its mast hit one of the high-tension cables that cross the river at the height of the Vega de Gelves.All eight people on board, six passengers, a skipper and a deckhand, jumped into the water to escape the flames and were rescued by a zodiac. Two have required health care on site without hospitalizing being necessary. Firefighters, rescue workers and police attended. To extinguish the fire, firefighters from the Mairena del Aljarafe, Santiponce and Sanlúcar La Mayor parks were working from the river bank, where the boat ran aground. The flames have completely destroyed the boat and it has been left semi-sunken. Firefighters have also worked to prevent the fire from reaching solid ground and approaching a nearby hayloft. In addition, a part of the municipality of Gelves has suffered a power outage due to this event, which was being recovered little by little through the work of Endesa technicians. The recent rains have caused the tidal coefficients to be significantly higher than usual. Reports with photos: https://www.gelves.es/es/actualidad/noticias/El-accidente-provocado-por-un-barco-al-chocar-con-un-cable-de-alta-tension-a-500-metros-de-Puerto-Gelves-provoca-un-apagon-en-todo-el-municipio/?urlBack= https://www.europapress.es/andalucia/sevilla-00357/noticia-catamaran-calcinado-gelves-sevilla-estaba-valorado-millon-euros-transportaba-turistas-20240410135937.htmls
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