Police have released vision in relation to the rescue of eight people, following a boat fire off Main Beach this morning.
Around 9.30am, police were notified of a boat fire in the Gold Coast Seaway, approximately 4.3 nautical miles off the coastline.
Gold Coast Water Police attended and transported 6 adults and 2 children, aged between 13 and 78-years-old, to shore where they were met by paramedics.
No one was injured during the incident and no one required transportation to hospital.
The vessel sank and could not be salvaged.
Please see below link to access the footage:
https://d2haxmvzil2swt.cloudfront.net/uploads/2019/08/07/15552_Polair_Boat.mp4
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