Fish 0 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 White Island Tour boat on fire, police report 30 to 40 people on board, stuff.co.nz report 56 people on board. Fire well involved based on the photo in the Herald article. Mayday issued at 3:45 pm live webcame available (which is crazy in itself). Really hope it doesn't end badly. http://www.coastguardwhakatane.co.nz/whakatane-harbour-cam http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11575754 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Reports now from the Herald that all on board have been rescued, being 53 passengers and 7 crew. So that is good. No reports yet of any injuries. Police now in charge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eruptn 97 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Oh Dam .... if it is PeeJay IV as is been reported that's one nice boat, she has (had) a very kind sea motion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 "motor exploded" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chewing Gum 17 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Fire - now that is a risk at sea Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Liferafts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 "They transferred people to the rubber duckie, but they had no secondary boat to go to for about a quarter of an hour. They had two rubber duckies to take all the people out." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 The part they never find out is what caused the initial ignition. Diesel in liquid form is very hard to get going. It has to be vaporised to spontaneously combust and even then has a fairly high flash point. But one common problem in the past re commercial timber boats, is a condition that has name but I can't remember what it is called. It is more commonly found in the boats with dry exhausts. What happens is that a small patch of wood is exposed to years of high heat. But not high enough to set it alight. Something happens to the wood over a long period of time due to that constant heat. Apparently there have also been reports where the wood can almost burn, but not quite. How do I explain it? It is almost like it is smouldering, but there are no glowing ember and no smoke to tell any tale. Then one day it just ignites and away it goes very very quickly.I got this story from the Late Len Gilbert by the way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 uncle google says ‘Pyrophoric Carbon’ and Long-term, Low-temperature Ignition of Wood https://www.doctorfire.com/low_temp_wood1.pdf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chewing Gum 17 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Yep happens in houses also - around wood burner flues. I would have thought that boat had a wet exhaust - dry exhausts are often quite noisy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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