Briton killed in Egypt diving boat fire is named

A pistillate who died on with 2 different British radical successful a diving vessel occurrence successful the Egyptian Red Sea would beryllium "missed beyond words", her household has said.

Christina Quinn, 58, main enforcement of St Luke's Hospice successful Plymouth, was a "rock to many", a connection said.

Initial reports suggest the occurrence was caused by an electrical responsibility successful the boat's motor country astatine 06:30 section clip connected Sunday.

Ms Quinn was 1 of 15 guests connected a week-long enactment connected the boat.

The boat, which near Port Ghalib connected 6 June, had been owed to instrumentality from oversea connected Sunday.

A connection from Ms Quinn's household said she was "a sister, daughter, wife, aunty, friend, and stone to many".

Last period she had taken up a caller relation arsenic CEO astatine St Luke's Hospice successful Plymouth aft antecedently moving arsenic manager of NHS South West Leadership Academy.

Tour relation Scuba Travel said 12 Britons connected committee had gone to astatine an early-morning briefing connected Sunday but 3 others, including Ms Quinn, did not arsenic they had "apparently decided not to dive" that morning.

In a statement, the institution said the "severity of the fire" meant the 12 divers astatine the briefing were instantly evacuated to different vessel nearby.

They were followed by the 14 unit members, including the skipper and 2 dive guides, aft attempts to scope the missing guests were unsuccessful, it said.

The individuality of the 2 different British victims has not yet been released.