Fire on River Yealm
Yealm and Plymouth Coastguard Rescue Teams, police, fire service, ambulance, Plymouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat and the Yealm harbour master dealt with a fire on board a yacht by the visitors' pontoons in the River Yealm this afternoon. One person on board the yacht was evacuated to a neighbouring vessel and checked out by West Country Ambulance personnel. The Fire Service extinguished the fire on the vessel which subsequently sank.