A yacht went up in flames while on the Bosphorus river in Istanbul, Turkey.

People on the boat donned life jackets and jumped overboard, from where they were picked up by nearby boats.

The burning yacht was then carried by the wind towards the shore before an emergency fireboat managed to extinguish the flames.

It is not yet known whether there were any injuries or fatalities.

The yacht caught fire on the water in the Bosphorus in Turkish Istanbul. People from the ship enveloped in flames managed to put on life jackets and jump overboard. To help them move boats and other vessels. The burning yacht is carried by the wind to the shore, a pillar of thick, black smoke rises into the sky. To the place of emergency goes fireboat. Ignition eventually managed to extinguish. Whether victims or victims are not known.