Moment pleasure boat explodes in fireball at Costa Blanca holiday resort injuring Brit, 37, and two others

This is the horror moment a boat exploded in a fireball in a Spanish holiday resort, injuring three people, including a British man.

The 37-year-old was rushed to Torrevieja Hospital yesterday, along with a 31-year-old Lithuanian woman who suffered burns to the face, while the third person, a Spanish man aged 34, was airlifted to a hospital in Valencia was brought in after he suffered serious burns. .

Footage showed concerned good Samaritans rushing to the scene of the explosion after seeing a ball of flames rising into the air at the pleasure marina in Cabo Roig, on the Costa Blanca.

Police have said they are currently treating the incident as an accident, investigating the possibility that the explosion was caused by a fuel leak or engine failure.

This is the horror moment a boat exploded in a fireball at a Spanish holiday resort, injuring three people including a British man

Footage showed concerned Good Samaritans rushing to the scene of the explosion after seeing a ball of flames rising into the air at the pleasure marina in Cabo Roig, on the Costa Blanca

The unnamed Spanish man, the most seriously injured of the three victims, was reportedly a local worker who was cleaning the ship when the incident occurred.

He suffered severe burns to the lower half of his body.

The British man is said to have been a customer who chartered the boat. It was not immediately clear this morning whether he remained in the hospital or has since been released.

The fire brigade was called, but the fire from the explosion had already been extinguished when they arrived.

The 37-year-old was rushed to Torrevieja Hospital yesterday, along with a 31-year-old Lithuanian woman who suffered burns to the face, while the third person, a Spanish man aged 34, was airlifted to a hospital in Valencia was brought in after he suffered serious burns.

Police have said they are currently treating the incident as an accident, investigating the possibility that the explosion was caused by a fuel leak or engine failure.

A Civil Guard spokesman said: ‘An emergency coordination center received the alert just before 10am yesterday.

“According to the incoming calls, there was a possible explosion on a pleasure boat in the port of Cabo Roig.

Civil Guard officials in nearby Pilar de la Horadada confirmed that an accidental explosion had occurred, injuring three people when they arrived.

‘They were a British man and a Lithuanian woman who were taken to Torrevieja hospital, and a Spanish man who was airlifted to Hospital de la Fe in Valencia.

“An investigation into the incident is ongoing.”