WATCH: Dramatic moment migrants forced to abandon rubber boat after it caught fire off Spain's southern coast

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THIS is the moment more than 30 migrants were forced to abandon their dinghy as it caught fire off of Spain’s southern coast.

The video, released by EU border agency Frontex, shows 34 migrants jumping ship when flames suddenly erupted on their black rubber boat and spread rapidly.

Frontex’s maritime surveillance notified Spanish coastguards, who sent a helicopter and several boats to the area southwest of Alboran Island between Morocco and Spain.

The migrants, whose nationalities were not disclosed, were taken to the port of Motril in Granada.

A fisherman sailing in the area also helped in the rescue effort.

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Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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