Two pleasure boats caught fire on the Columbia River between Vancouver and Caterpillar Island Sunday afternoon. One boat sank, according to the Vancouver Fire Department.
The alarm was sounded at 2:39 p.m., the Columbian reported.
Vancouver firefighters responded to 10612 N.W. Lower River Road with two trucks and two fire boats. The land units arrived first and were able to knock down the fire in one boat. The fireboats from Vancouver and Portland arrived later and extinguished the fire on the second boat.
No one was on either boat when firefighters arrived. No injuries were reported.
Both boats were described as recreational craft less than 20 feet in length.
There was no word Sunday evening about the cause of the fires.

Two boaters are safe after their 37-foot powerboat caught fire on the way to the dock Friday morning, leading to an explosion that could be heard for miles around.
Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) says the two males were trying to dock their Monterey boat at Holiday Hill Marina in Whitemarsh Creek, just off the Rhode River in Edgewater. One of the boat’s engines failed. When one tried to restart the engine, the boat caught fire. Luckily, both were close enough to a nearby pier to jump off before the boat became fully engulfed.
The Anne Arundel County, Annapolis City, and Woodland Beach Volunteer fire departments all responded along with NRP and helped put out the fire.
The two boaters were taken to a local trauma center for what NRP calls “precautionary measures” and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
NRP is investigating the incident and has not yet determined a cause.
Captain John Martino from our sister company, the Annapolis School of Seamanship, tell us that in some cases gasoline vapors can collect in a boat’s bilge while the engine is off, potentially creating an explosion.
In this case, Woodland Beach Volunteer Fire Department reports the explosion could be heard and felt all across the Edgewater area.

A boat was damaged early Monday morning after it caught fire in the North Portland Harbor.
Just after 3 a.m., Portland Fire & Rescue crews responded to the south channel dock on North Bridgeton Road. Crews arrived to the scene and found a 40-foot boat fully-involved.
Crews on land and water worked to extinguish the fire. PF&R said a fuel fire began at the stern which required crews to use dry chemical extinguishers to completely extinguish the fire.
Once the fire was under control, PF&R said crews shifted focus to preventing the boat from sinking and protecting the environment.
No one was onboard the boat at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported.
The cause is currently under investigation.

A vessel caught on fire and began to sink Sunday afternoon.
Around 2:49 p.m., officials received a call from a vessel that reportedly caught fire and started sinking in the Chesapeake bay on the 800 block of North First Street. It finally came to rest about 40 feet from the shore sunken in about five to seven feet of water.
According to officials, four people were on board.
The boat is a 38-foot-long vessel. Officials describe it as a pleasure craft or a cabin cruiser.
The battalion chief says Hampton Fire and Rescue and the Coast Guard also responded. The survivors were taken to Fort Monroe, but there were no reported injuries. He says he did not see a name on the vessel or Virginia registration.
Virginia Marine Resource Commission is investigating.
The boat is a 38-foot-long vessel. A salvage company has been contacted to remove it.

Folks could see flames on St Andrews Marina late Sunday evening.
Officials from the Coast Guard told NewsChannel 7 there was engine trouble on board a boat a little after 8 P.M.
Officials said the three crew members realized they couldn’t mitigate the fire in the engine room, causing them to abandon ship.
“They jumped overboard,” Marine Science Technician 1st Class Brendan Kyle Blackwell said. “The commercial towing vessel, Miss Niz, actually got underway from St. Andrew’s Marina and rescued all three individuals.”
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Officials also said the ship isn’t a risk to the public, but the Panama City Fire Department is monitoring the area.

In less than 10 minutes a family living in a houseboat on the Sacramento River lost their home to a fire.
"We have no place to live, no place to go," Patrick Noone said. "We have to pay out of pocket to go find a place to put ourselves. I have to provide for my family somehow and I can't even work now with having to do all of that."
The fire happened Friday evening around 6 p.m. near the Steamboat Landing at the Sacramento River. Several fire departments including the River Delta Fire District are now investigating how the fire started. Also damaged by the fire was the dock and approximately one acre of vegetation on Highway 160.
Kayla McCall shared video with KCRA 3. She said the fire quickly turned their family's decades of savings into debris.
Noone was emotional as he recounted the 20 years of savings it took him to buy his 70-foot boat in Southern California.
McCall and Noone had been living with their daughters at the dock along the highway for three years.
They said some insurance money should kick in but don't believe it'll cover the entire cost of the boat.
The family is depending on donations from friends and family to help them buy new clothes and essentials for their children.
After the fire, the River Delta Fire District sent out its oil spill recovery trailer to the scene to protect the environment and wildlife from the oil and fuel.

The Seattle Fire Department said there were no injuries in a large boat fire that broke out early Saturday morning in South Lake Union.
The Seattle Fire Department said a 45-foot boat went up in flames in the 800 block of Fairview Place N, just before 4 a.m.
Firefighters contained the fire and it did not spread to any other boats docked nearby. There were no injuries.
Once the fire was under control, Seattle fire crews placed booms in the water to contain oil and other chemicals from contaminating the rest of the water.

Three people were rescued after a shrimping boat caught fire in the water off Fort Myers Beach on Thursday morning.
The Coast Guard saw the fire while on patrol in the area and rescued the three people from the 63-foot boat when they weren’t able to put out the flames themselves.
Fire boat crews from Cape Coral, Sanibel, Estero and Lee County responded to the scene as well and were able to put out the fire along with the help of the crew of the sister ship for the shrimping boat, the Coast Guard said.
The boat was taken out of the water and the Coast Guard is monitoring for pollution.

A Gravois Mills man was injured after a boat fire at the Lake of the Ozarks Thursday morning.
A Missouri State Highway Patrol incident report said the boat fire occurred around 9:44 a.m. at the 7.5 mile marker of the Gravois Arm at the lake. 
Jeffrey Bonnell, 53, was transported to Lake Regional Hospital for minor injuries, according to MSHP.
The fire was fuel related but not related to propulsion or the generator, MSHP said. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. 

Area fire crews were called to the scene of a commercial fishing boat fire in the area of the 4300 block of Mill Landing Road in Wanchese very early Sunday morning.
The Roanoke Island Volunteer Fire Department reports that at around 12:20 a.m. on January 23, 2022, the department received a dispatch for a boat on fire in Wanchese. Assistant Chief 17 arrived with heavy smoke showing from the boat, stated a release from RIVFD.
Engine companies from Manns Harbor Fire Department and Nags Head Fire Rescue were requested for assistance. Fire attack lines were placed into service and the fire was brought under control.
No injuries were reported. Units remained on scene for approximately three hours.