Three British tourists dead after boat fire in Egypt

Three missing Britons who were on a diving boat that burst into flames in the Red Sea off Egypt have died (Alamy/PA)

Three missing Britons who were on a diving boat that burst into flames in the Red Sea off Egypt have died.

A spokesman for Scuba Travel confirmed the deaths, saying that its guests “perished” when a medium-sized scuba diving boat christened Hurricane went up in flames off the resort town of Marsa Alam on Sunday.