The stricken vessel was nine miles offshore
Scarborough RNLI was called out this morning when a fishing boat’s engine caught fire nine miles offshore.
The crew had extinguished the fire before the all-weather Shannon lifeboat arrived.
The lifeboat launched at about 7.30am and had towed the boat back to the harbour by 9.40am.
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Light rain
High: 21°C | Low: 14°C
Light rain
High: 21°C | Low: 15°C
Light rain
High: 20°C | Low: 13°C
Light rain
High: 20°C | Low: 14°C
Light rain
High: 20°C | Low: 14°C
Light rain
High: 21°C | Low: 14°C
The Yellow Weather Warning for thunderstorms is in force from midday today until 9:00pm tonight and covers the whole Yorkshire Coast.
Scarborough Athletic face a busy bank holiday weekend with a home clash against Southport on Saturday followed by a trip to Darlington on Monday.
Whitby Town will look to tighten their defence as they bring back veteran Alex White for a third spell ahead of their first-ever trip to Quorn in the NPL Premier this Saturday.
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