SEE THE FOOTAGE: School kids rescued from burning boat

See the amazing footage where the captain of a near-by vessel helped rescue school children from a burning boat in Port Philip earlier today.

The kids were on a geography excursion when the incident occurred.

Kat was a witness on the boat and told Jacqui Felgate what happened.

Press PLAY to hear an eyewitness account 

The owner of Sea All Dolphin Swim, James Murphy, who is at the centre of this story, then weighed in on the dramatic events.

“These are things that we do train for and we’ve got all of our procedures in place,” Mr Murphy told Jacqui Felgate

Press PLAY to hear him weigh in on the dramatic story

Press PLAY to witness part of the rescue here

SEE THE FOOTAGE: School kids rescued from burning boat

Image: insert from video.