FOUR rescued from blazing yacht
PANAMA’S National Naval Air Service (SENAN) became the focus of Taboga beach lounging shutter bugs on Sunda, July 31, during the rescue of four people, including expats, from a blazing yacht off Taboga, The Island of Flowers, on the Pacific side of the Isthmus.
The 34 footer “Bandido” had sailed from Flamenco Island on the Amador Causeway.
On board were the Panamanian captain, Aníbal Bello, the vessel’s Spanish owner, Pedro Bea, Italian,Manfredo Ruffenivo, and Panamanian Mailyn Vasquez.
They told their Senan rescuers that they didn’t know the cause of the fire that suddenly engulfed them in smoke.
They were taken to hospital in the capital city for medical care.
Abdiel Garcia, of Senan, said the fire was possibly caused by electrical damage.
The yacht was completely destroyed.