£11.5m superyacht is ravaged by fire after blaze mysteriously breaks out while moored
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An £11.52million superyacht has been spotted billowing with flames after mysteriously catching fire in the coast of Spain. The 110-ft-long pleasure craft was moored in a port in Sotogrande, Cadiz, when harbour officials spotted smoke rising from the stern.
![[Dramatic footage shows the boat being engulfed by flames]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/16/93282277-0-image-a-4_1734539380642.jpg)
By the time firefighters arrived, strong winds had created an inferno that had engulfed the entire vessel. Dramatic footage shows the boat engulfed by flames as smoke billows out, while music eerily plays in the background. A seperate clip shows how the luxury yacht was doused with water from a crane in attempts to put the fire out.
![[The yacht, which was built in 2018, was empty and the fire failed to spread to two nearby fuel boats,]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/16/93282265-0-image-a-3_1734539365123.jpg)
As the fire raged, police officers cordoned off the area and evacuated nearby buildings at 6:30pm on Monday. And it wasn’t until 5am the next morning that the last embers were extinguished. It took seven vehicles and 12 firefighters to extinguish the blaze, according to the Cádiz Provincial Firefighters Consortium.
An £11.52million superyacht has been spotted billowing with flames after mysteriously catching fire Sotogrande, Spain. Dramatic footage shows the boat being engulfed by flames. The yacht, which was built in 2018, was empty and the fire failed to spread to two nearby fuel boats,.
The Elysium - built by British luxury motor yacht brand Sunseeker - had been in dry dock for reconditioning since September. The fire broke out after the maintenance team had finished work for the day. Some reports say there were eight tonnes of diesel fuel on board the Elysium at the time.
