Ambulance staff tend to more than 40 tourists, many of them Chinese, recovering in Australian town of 1770 after jumping into life rafts when the catamaran they were on caught fire. - Queensland Ambulance Service/AFP
Sydney (AFP) - More than 40 tourists, many of them elderly Chinese, were recovering Thursday after jumping into life rafts when the catamaran they were aboard caught fire in Australia.
The Spirit of 1770 got into trouble 10 nautical miles off the coastal town of 1770 following a day-trip to Lady Musgrave Island on the Great Barrier Reef, apparently when a fire started in the engine room.
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