TWO boaters on the Aire & Calder Navigation had no option but to leap off their boat with their dog when in caught fire.They could not get it into the side, so had no option but to go into the water, but luckily were picked up by the crew of a passing narrowboat, Alan Tilbury tells us.
Engine fire
As with the fire in the lock on the Ribble Link, it was the engine that caught fire, and the couple on board realising something was drastically wrong when they saw flames coming out.Again, the woodwork caught fire, and though the fire brigade attended and put out the fire, the boat was burnt out.The two on board both suffered in the fire, the woman from burns and the man from smoke inhalation and both were taken to hospital.
[Nothing to do with the above, but as the electricity people will be trimming the trees from the power lines that serve our premises, we will have no power for most of the day tomorrow (Friday), so updates could be few.]
