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20th Jun 2014

Video: Extraordinary drone footage of a $24m yacht go up in flames in San Diego

100 people were evacuated but, thankfully, nobody was hurt.

Tony Cuddihy

The $24m yacht caught fire early on Thursday morning.

The incident occurred in the Marine Group Boat Works at around 9.20am. Thankfully, nobody was badly hurt, with roughly 100 people evacuated from the scene.

The blaze was reportedly caused by a ‘welding accident.’

Kurt Roll, who captured the footage, told Mashable that he captured the footage using a DJI Phantom quadcopter with a GoPro camera attached.

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