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Three boats catch fire at Lake Washington marina - Seattle, WA

8/15/2022

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Three boats caught fire at a Lake Washington marina late Sunday, temporarily stranding two people on a dock, the Seattle Fire Department said.
The fire, near the Rainier Yacht Club on Seward Park Avenue South, was reported around 9:45 p.m.
In addition to the three boats, an overhead marina structure, essentially a roof on stilts, was ablaze late Sunday, said Kristin Tinsley, a Fire Department spokesperson.
At 10:30 p.m., Tinsley said there were no reported injuries, although a search of the area was not yet complete. At 11 p.m., the Fire Department said on Twitter that the boats could not be searched due to fire damage.
The two people on the dock were past the point of the fire and were “instructed to stay in place” until it was safer to come back to shore, Tinsley said.
The three boats were “pleasure craft” and pretty small, Tinsley said.
Shortly before 10 p.m., the Fire Department reported it had “water on the fire.” At 11 p.m., the department said the fire was under control in approximately one hour.
The fire was blocking traffic on Seward Park Avenue South, between Rainier Avenue South and South Fisher Place, according to the Seattle Department of Transportation. All lanes reopened overnight.
At least 11 engines and three ladder trucks responded, as well as fire boats from the Fire Department and Seattle police.
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Person rescued from boat that caught fire off Block Island, Rhode Island - Block Island, RI

8/13/2022

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A person was rescued from a boat that caught fire close to Block Island, Rhode Island on Friday, authorities said.
First responders were alerted around noon about the blaze aboard the 38-foot vessel. The engine on the boat caught fire roughly 1.5 miles west of Block Island, and one person was on board, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The person aboard the vessel was rescued by a good Samaritan, who helped him off the boat. He was then assisted by the Block Island Harbor Master, said Briana Carter, a petty officer for District 1 of the Coast Guard.
“There were no injuries reported,” Carter told MassLive.
The Coast Guard Cutter Coho vessel, alongside the Block Island Harbormaster and the Narragansett and Newport fire departments, responded to the scene of the blaze, according to Carter. The fire was initially extinguished by the operator of the vessel before he was assisted by the good Samaritan. However, flames soon erupted up again, authorities noted.
“Once it reignited, the Coho’s crew doused the vessel until Newport Fire and Narraganset Fire arrived on scene and were fully able to extinguish the vessel,” Carter said.
The boat was towed back to shore to Point Judith, a village on the coast of Narragansett, Rhode Island, according to Carter.
The Coast Guard did not say how damaged the boat was, but video of the fire showed a thick plume of black smoke and intense flames coming from the vessel.
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Seattle firefighters battle 2-alarm houseboat fire on Lake Union - Seattle, WA

8/8/2022

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Seattle, WA — Seattle firefighters were responding late Friday night to a blaze on Lake Union.
Firefighters were called shortly after 11 p.m. to 2040 Westlake Ave. North to a fire that appeared to be located right next to the dock.
Crews say the fire involved two houseboats and two docked boats. All residents were evacuated.
Seattle Fire says the fire was particularly challenging because of limited walkways and weight limits on the floating docks.
Rescue swimmers were on scene in case anyone fell into the water and Harbor Patrol assisted with pouring water on the fire from the lake.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Fire destroys boats in Brooklyn marina - New York, NY

8/2/2022

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A fire swept through two pleasure boats docked at a marina in Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon.
Several FDNY vessels responded to the Futura Marina, located on Knapp Street in Sheepshead Bay, just before 4 p.m., authorities said.
Firefighters extinguished the fire and worked to keep the vessel afloat. The fire was under control just before 5 p.m., the FDNY said.
Video from SkyFOX showed that the charred vessels appeared severely damaged, possibly irreparably. 
No one was hurt, the New York City Fire Department said.
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Flames engulf The Dalles Marina - Portland, OR

8/2/2022

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 A fire erupted at The Dalles Marina Monday night, according to authorities.
In a Facebook post at 7:40 p.m. Monday, the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office said first responders were at the moor off Boat Launch Road.
Firefighters tried to protect as many houseboats as possible while putting out spot fires along the shore, according to fire officials.
Multiple agencies, including the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal, helped battle the blaze. A strike team from Multnomah County battled the fire overnight before the Oregon OSFM says the team was sent home Tuesday morning.
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6 rescued from boat fire in Vermilion - Vermillion, OH

8/1/2022

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Six people were rescued Saturday afternoon after the engine of their Boston Whaler caught fire in Lake Erie near Yorktown Place.
Vermilion police said they received the call around 3 p.m. Saturday.
Tow Boat US was first on the scene and transferred all six people onto their boat.
Vermilion police Marine Patrol Unit then arrived and put out the fire with their board fire fighting pump and bow mounted deluge water cannon.
When the Boston Whaler was within shore range, Vermilion firefighters sprayed foam on it from their position on the beach.
The disabled boat was then towed back to port and the occupants were returned to the dock.
According to police, the boat engine is a total loss, but the rest of the boat was not damaged.
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Man rescued from burning 37-foot boat before it sank into Lake Huron - Detroit, MI

8/1/2022

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A 37-foot boat caught fire Friday evening, burned down to the water line, and then sank below the waters of Lake Huron, the Coast Guard said.
A man, the boat operator and sole person aboard, was rescued.
Chief Petty Officer Michael Davis of the Tawas Station said Monday that there were no injuries and a Coast Guard vessel was dispatched to the scene to protect any other vessels in the area.
The survivor's name was not released.
Davis confirmed TV news reports that a Good Samaritan near the boat fire responded to a marine broadcast around 7 p.m. and rescued the boat operator who was already in the water with a life jacket near Point Lookout Harbor in AuGres.
The Good Samaritan, Davis said, brought the man to emergency responders.
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Boat explosion kills one on Bohemia - Earleville, MD

7/31/2022

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​EARLEVILLE — Maryland Natural Resources Police is investigating a Saturday night boat explosion on the Bohemia River that has killed one person.
Michael Steinmetz, 69, from Essex, was identified by Capt. Brent Trautman. 
The captain said Natural Resources Police and a Good Samaritan tried to save Steinmetz but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Chief Jason Reamy with Cecilton Volunteer Fire Company said the call came at 7:12 p.m. and brought first responders to the area of Veazey Cove
"DNR was first one there," Reamy said, adding Hack's Point Volunteer Fire Company got the call and Cecilton VFC went to assist.
Reamy said two people were on board the 33 foot boat and were brought to Cherry Grove Road.
"They pronounced one person dead and the second person was a patient refusal," Reamy said.
Trautman is asking that anyone with eyewitness accounts, photos or videos of the incident to share that information with investigators.



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Person suffers burns from boat fire in Norwalk - Norwalk, CT

7/29/2022

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A male was burned after a reported boat fire on Friday afternoon according to Norwalk officials.
Norwalk Fire Department says they responded to 48 Calkf Pasture Rd at the Cove Marina around 3:10 p.m.
Two Engine Companies and a Command car went to the scene, and spotted a 30-foot cabin cruiser-style recreational watercraft with heavy fire showing on their arrival.
The Fire Department said the fire was located from the rear of the vessel. The fire was extinguished and overhauled taking about 20 minutes to put out.
EMS cared for the male patient and transported them. Fire officials have not stated how severe their burns were at this time.
Norwalk Police assisted on this fire with de-watering from firefighting operations. The staff of Cove Marina hauled the boat from the water.
Fire Inspector Luca Feola is investigating the origin and cause.
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Boat explosion in Whittier leaves woman injured and forces tunnel and harbor closures - Whittier, AK

7/28/2022

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 A boat explosion at a Whittier boat launch Wednesday afternoon left a woman injured and a cat dead, and caused significant road and marine transportation delays, a city official said.
The explosion happened around 3:15 p.m., with the recreational boat “engulfed in a fireball” that sent a billowing cloud of black smoke into the air above the harbor, according to City Manager Jim Hunt.
A woman on the boat was burned and further injured when she tried to rescue a cat, Hunt said. She was evacuated by air to an Anchorage hospital but is expected to survive, he said. The cat died, he said. No other people were onboard.
The boat had just been launched and was tied to the float ramp when it caught fire, he said. The woman was onboard while her husband went to park the trailer, said Joe Corbett, acting head of the Whittier Police Department. The boat was an older model, likely made in the 1980s or 70s, and was about 28 feet long and made from fiberglass, he said.
First responders from Whittier, Girdwood and the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel helped extinguish the fire. Corbett said the blaze was out in less than an hour.
“It took a while to get water charged down the lines and all the way down to float, but they got water on it and on the dock — our practically brand new floats and dock system were on fire as well,” Hunt said. “They were able to push the boat away a little bit, and then it floated off to the east to the inside of our harbor.”
First responders in Whittier had already been responding to several unrelated medical calls, Corbett said, when “everything happened all at once.”
The tunnel connecting Whittier, on Prince William Sound, to roadways linking up to other communities in Southcentral Alaska was shut down for about an hour to expedite travel for first responders, and Hunt said the harbor was shut down for three to four hours. An engineer will survey damage to the dock and float, Hunt said, but the area was operational Thursday and officials plan to reopen the side that was damaged.
Just a burned hull remained of the boat after the fire was extinguished.
Corbett said mechanical issues were suspected to have caused the explosion. An investigation involving multiple agencies will be conducted to determine an official cause, he said.
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