Explosion of a inflatable Boat (940)
The boat was a 6.5 m semi-rigid electric-powered inflatable canoe, mainly used for greeting and directing pleasure boaters in harbour.It exploded without a flame shortly when an employee of the harbour master's office turned on the ignition after unplugging the batteries. The back of the boat was projected into the air, together with the employee, which was hospitalised. The boat was completely destroyed. Purchased three months before, this boat was one of the three pre-series prototype boats in service in marinas.