Tourist boat on fire at Barrier Reef

Eleven tourists have been injured during a trip to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

An additional drawback was that most of the tourists could not swim. After several hours bobbing they were rescued by the rescue team and taken to the coastal town of Gladstone. The police reported that 19 people were taken to hospitals in Gladstone and Bundaberg, but none of them was seriously injured.

,, The crew assured us that the engine had been hit just overheated, but the situation quickly ran out of control, '' said Karl Burton, an Australian participant in the trip, the television channel ABC. The large coral reef off the east coast is one of the main attractions of the country every year more than two million visitors.