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Man airlifted after fire on board

A crewman has been airlifted to hospital on Jan 20, 2014, in the morning after a fire on board the "Norfolk Tern" four nautical miles off Great Yarmouth. The Humber Coastguard received a call from the vessel just after 8 a.m. reporting they had a fire in their starboard engine. They had managed to bring it under control, but one crewman was believed to be suffering the effects of breathing in too much smoke. The Lowestoft and Gorleston Coastguard Rescue Teams, the search and rescue helicopter from RAF Wattisham along with the RNLI all-weather lifeboats, from Lowestoft and Gorleston, were sent to the scene. The charity’s Trent class lifeboat "Samarbeta" located the vessel three miles south east of Gorleston. They had a paramedic on our crew so soon after they arrived he went over and assessed the casualty. He was suffering from smoke inhalation and he was in a bit of a bad way. The injured crewman was winched on board the RAF helicopter and taken direct to James Paget University Hospital. With the lifeboats standing by, the five other crew members stayed on board the Norfolk Tern to help bring the vessel into Great Yarmouth. They were met there by Coastguard Rescue Officers, along with ambulance and fire crews. Six fire engines, police, paramedics, coastguards and lifeboat crews attended at the South Quay just before 8.30 a.m.The standby vessel "Vos Discovery" also provided support in transferring oxygen for the injured person. Reports with photos and video: http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/photo_gallery_crewman_airlifted_to_hospital_ahttp://rnli.org/NewsCentre/Pages/RNLI-lifeboat-aids-burning-boat.aspxfter_boat_fire_off_great_yarmouth_1_3226559