11 Feb, 2018 @ 11:33
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WATCH: Tourists abandon boat off coast of Spain before it EXPLODES

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THIS is the moment a boat carrying tourists off the coast of Spain burst into flames before exploding. 

Five tourists jumped and swam for their lives as their small boat went up in smoke.

Fellow tourists from a nearby yacht pulled the four women and a man from the water after the vessel blew up near Tenerife’s Costa Adeje.

Their injuries have been described as ‘moderate’.

The man, aged 45, and a 25-year-old woman both suffered back injuries.

Another woman, aged 27, had cuts and bruises while and the two other women, aged 35 and 27, were hospitalised with leg injuries.

They were all taken to Hospiten Sur in the south of the island.

A Spanish coast guard helicopter was dispatched to scan the area for more victims, but all on board had already been rescued.

The boat sank shortly after maritime workers were called to put out the fire.

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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