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Three vessels have sunk after a fire ripped through luxury yachts moored at a Sydney<\/a> marina overnight.<\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to The Spit marina in Mosman at 3.30am on Friday after reports of a fire, New South Wales<\/a> police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

On arrival, emergency services found a yacht \u201cwell alight\u201d, police said. Four people were evacuated from the vessel.<\/p>\n

One woman was treated for smoke inhalation by NSW Ambulance paramedics before she was taken to hospital in a stable condition.<\/p>\n

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Adam Dewberry, a Fire and Rescue NSW superintendent, told media on Friday that once the fires were extinguished the area would undergo decontamination.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got three of these large yachts that have sunk,\u201d Dewberry told Nine\u2019s Today show. \u201cWe\u2019re now moving into the hazmat stage, where we\u2019re working with the Port Authority of NSW to get booms around to make sure that we capture all of that contamination.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot of debris on the water and also to collect fuel and oil, which does float to the top, fortunately. And then, of course, investigations will commence by the police with fire rescue assisting.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dewberry said the outcome of the fire could have been significantly worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cOut here, there\u2019s dozens of boats and yachts and a lot of money, and people are living on some of these vessels as well. But fortunately the actions of firefighters and fire rescue when they arrived cut [the fire] off. And the NSW ports authority, their fire tug that arrived, was able to cut it off,\u201d Dewberry said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we\u2019ve lost three vessels with a fourth one pretty badly damaged, but we could have lost many more of these yachts out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police said initial inquiries had been conducted and the fire was not being treated as suspicious.<\/p>\n

The Transport for NSW secretary, Josh Murray, applauded the \u201cfast work overnight\u201d from NSW Police Marine Command, Fire and Rescue, the Port Authority and NSW Maritime for containing the blaze and limiting the spread of pollution and debris into Middle Harbour.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll reports to me are that this could have been far worse had it not been contained to the four luxury boats \u2013 three of which sank,\u201d Murray said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cA containment boom and exclusion zone was rushed into place around the marina, while the owners and the operators are now planning a salvage operation as investigations take place. The EPA has also been fully briefed on the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n

The marina at the Spit is one of six in Sydney recommended by Superyacht Australia for berthing of yachts 30 metres or longer.<\/p>\n

Its website describes the facility as offering \u201c106 secure wet berths for vessels up to 50m, including dedicated superyacht berths. It\u2019s one of Sydney\u2019s premier spots for luxury berthing and on-water convenience.\u201d<\/p>\n

One northbound lane of Spit Road was closed on Friday morning.<\/p>\n