Castaway wreckage may stay on seabed

IT IS not known yet whether the 25-foot motor cruiser that burst into flames killing three men on the Beara peninsula this week will be raised from the seabed.

Bantry gardaí say technical experts may yet examine the wreckage of the Castaway to work out what exactly caused the fire.

Superintendent John Quilter said enquiries as to the cause of the fire are still ongoing but it is believed if the fibreglass on the boat’s console caught fire, it would have “gone up like a candle”.