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| Passenger cruiser crashes into Thames bank after engine catches fire | Passenger cruiser crashes into Thames bank after engine catches fire |
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| A passenger cruiser has crashed in the Thames bank after its engine caught fire. | A passenger cruiser has crashed in the Thames bank after its engine caught fire. |
| Footage of the incident posted to social media showed smoke billowing from the Thames pleasure cruiser as it ploughed into a pier in Canary Wharf on Sunday. | |
| Police said they were called to a reports of a fire on board the vessel at Canary Wharf pier near Rotherhide Street at 3:40pm. | |
| All passengers and the majority of the crew on board were evacuated to shore and there were no significant injuries, police said. | |
| London Fire Bridgade said a fire in the cruiser's engine room had been extingushed before firefighters arrived at the scene. | |
| The Brigade confirmed 142 passengers and six crew members had been evacuated from the vessel via two seperate boats. | |
| Three crew remained on board. | |
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