 An eyewitness to a yacht that caught fire on June 11 off Egypt's Red Sea resort of Marso Alam, said the flames engulfed the boat's tail in a matter of minutes. Kuwaiti tourist Abdul Rahmanei Al-Sarheed was on a water safari at the same time and saw the smoke billowing from around 15 meters away, before blue planet liveabords deployed lifeboats to rescue the passengers of the burning ship. One of the people said there was light smoke and in one or two minutes the smoke became white and heavy, and then it turned black and the fire broke out so fast because it was windy in the morning, he told Reuters. Al-Sarheed said their yacht took 12 tourists on board along with the crew. Three British tourists were missing and 12 had been rescued after the incident, Egyptian officials and security sources said. An eyewitness to a yacht that caught fire on June 11, 2015.