Police never have yet officially established the cause of a fire on the speedboat heading from Chumphon to Koh Tao on Wednesday.
Pak Nam Chumphon police station chief, Pol Col Sathit Kongniamin, said officers had been still gathering plus piecing together proof.
Although the fire appears to have been the effect of an engine explosion, it remains ambiguous what caused this, he said.
The incident, about 5 kms off the Chumphon coastline, injured 20 individuals including 18 travellers, the driver and a team member.
It happened close to 2 . 30pm following the speedboat belonging to Lomprayah High Speed Ferries Company departed from a pier in Muang region.
The particular vessel initially utilized two engines; twenty minutes later the driver turned on the third plus there was an surge, the police chief mentioned.
Most passengers jumped into the sea and had been slightly injured; 4 others suffered burns up.
Police will work with the Marine Department to bring the vessel to shoreline. An expert from Surat Thani has been known as in to verify the particular explosion’s cause.