Moment pleasure boat explodes in fireball at Costa Blanca holiday resort injuring Brit, 37, and two others [Video]

This is the horror moment a boat exploded in a fireball in a Spanish holiday resort, injuring three people including a British man.

The 37-year-old was rushed to Torrevieja Hospital yesterday along with a 31-year-old Lithuanian woman who suffering facial burns, while the third person, a Spanish man aged 34, was airlifted to a hospital in Valencia after suffering severe burn injuries.

Footage showed concerned Good Samaritans rushing towards the spot where the explosion occurred after seeing a ball of flames rise into the air at the pleasure port in Cabo Roig, in Costa Blanca. 

Police have said they are currently treating the incident as an accident, with the possibility the explosion was caused by a fuel spill or engine failure being probed.