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Lauren Harte

One person taken to hospital after boat fire in Co Fermanagh

One person has been taken to hospital for treatment after a boat fire in Co Fermanagh.

Emergency services were called to the scene on Sunday in the Crom Estate Road area of Newtownbutler.

It is understood that members of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS), Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) and the PSNI are in attending the ongoing incident.

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No other passengers were onboard the vessel at the time. The boat is understood to have now sunk while the cause of the fire remains unknown.

A PSNI spokesperson said: "Police are currently in attendance, along with other emergency services, following a report of a boat fire shortly before 12.50pm this afternoon, Sunday May 14, in the Crom Estate Road area of Newtownbutler."

A statement from the Northern Ireland Fire And Rescue Service said: "On Sunday afternoon NIFRS were called to The Crom Estate, Newtownbutler as part of a multi-agency response to a boat fire.

"Two Fire Appliances from Enniskillen and one Fire Appliance from Lisnaskea attended. NIFRS left the scene at 1600 hours and the cause remains under investigation."

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