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Beaumaris lifeboat volunteers launched to a car on the causeway by Fort Belan

Lifeboats News Release

At 10.32pm on Monday (19 August) volunteer crew members of the Beaumaris lifeboat received a page from HM Coastguard to assist the occupants of a car stuck on a causeway by Fort Belan.

Beaumaris Inshore Lifeboat being recovered at night

RNLI/G Beeken

Beaumaris Inshore Lifeboat being recovered at night

The lifeboat was enroute to the location to assist the Llandwrog and Bangor Mobile Coastguard teams, together with the fire and police when it was reported that the occupants of the vehicle had been safety evacuated by the Coastguard teams.

In view of this the lifeboat volunteers received instructions to return to station at Beaumaris arriving at 11.10pm to be refuelled and cleaned ; before the crew could return home.

A RNLI spokesperson said: the ‘the mobile coastguard rescue teams did an excellent job in ensuring the safety of the occupants of the car after it became stuck on the causeway consequently the assistance of the lifeboat was not required in this instance.’

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