Overview
- The 11‑metre pleasure craft, which reported a fire Saturday about 1.5 miles northeast of Dún Laoghaire, was evacuated minutes later by the local RNLI inshore lifeboat.
- All four adults were taken to the RNLI station for assessment, where HSE and Fire Service crews met them.
- The fire was declared out around 5:15 pm and the vessel later sank, according to the Department of Transport.
- An all‑weather lifeboat and a Dublin Port tug remained on scene to watch traffic and hazards as the Coast Guard’s Dublin control centre directed the response.
- Thick black smoke was seen from shore during the incident, and Gardaí said they assisted near the harbour as the cause and any injury details have not been released.