Fire engulfs catamaran moored at Poole yacht club
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The vessel had been on a mooring when it went up in flames
A catamaran has been destroyed after catching fire while moored at a yacht club.
Two lifeboats, coastguard teams, and fire crews were sent to Parkstone Yacht Club, Poole, shortly after 20:30 BST on Monday.
Poole lifeboat crews said a "quick-thinking bystander" had untied the 33ft (10m) vessel so it would drift away from other boats onto a breakwater.
No-one was onboard at the time, and the cause of the fire is not yet known.
Billowing black smoke from the catamaran could be seen for miles
A 50m (164 ft) exclusion zone was set up as the vessel was burning.
Poole RNLI said: "A lot of people had gathered, on land and on water, to get a closer look and the billowing acrid black smoke, could be seen for miles."
The boat was left to burn itself out throughout the night monitored by fire crews.
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