A British tourist has been reported missing after a fire ripped through a diving boat off the coast of Thailand‘s notorious ‘Death Island’.
Backpacker Alexandra Clarke, 26, from Lambeth, was reportedly using the toilet when a blaze erupted from the engine of the wooden vessel near Koh Tao on Sunday morning.
Officials said at least 16 tourists were onboard the boat, named Davy Jones Locker, as well as two crew and four instructors from the scuba diving firm.
They are understood to have been rescued by passing boats but Alexandra was still unaccounted for on Sunday afternoon.
Compressed air in the tanks filled to 3,000psi as well as fuel onboard are understood to have caused the fire to have spread. The toilet is often located at the back of…
