Chinese lantern sparks alert on coast (From Dorset Echo)
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Chinese lantern sparks alert on coast
10:24am Saturday 29th October 2011 in Local News
COASTGUARDS raced down to a beach last night thinking someone was in distress.
But a light which had been mistaken for a flare turned out to be from a Chinese lantern.
A coastguard team was sent to Chesil Beach at West Bexington at 9pm on Friday.
Anglers on the beach confirmed it was from a lantern which had floated over earlier.
