FATAL BOAT BLAZE

THE Marine Casualty Investigation Board will investigate whether the massive blaze which claimed the lives of three men on a pleasure cruiser in West Cork last night was caused by an explosion.

There is speculation an explosion in either the engine or from a gas bottle may have been to blame for the fire which killed two Germans and one Irishman, all in their 60s, on board The Castaway, a 25-foot pleasure cruiser which had been hired by the men.

An American in his 40s, who is originally from Connecticut but who has been living in Glengarriff with his wife for a number of years, was the sole survivor.