Eight people have been injured in an explosion on a "tourist boat" in the Costa del Sol resort of Fuengirola.

Three of the casualties have sustained what are being described as serious injuries and have been taken to hospital. The incident occurred as the motorboat, described locally as a tourist boat, was leaving the marina in the Spanish town.

It is not yet clear whether any British nationals were among those hurt. Footage from the scene showed firefighters in the marina dousing the flames with hoses from the closest point on dry land after locals on jet skis and other boats went to the aid of the stricken passengers and helped try to put out the fire .

The alarm was sounded around 12.20pm this afternoon with several witnesses calling the emergency services as a black plume of smo

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