One man was burned in a fire that damaged or destroyed 18 boats at the Melton Hill Lake Marina in Solway overnight, authorities said.
The fire started about 9 p.m. after Jason Chad Smith, 46, of Knoxville, reset a tripped circuit breaker on his cabin cruiser that was docked at the marina, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
An explosion set the boat ablaze, and the flames spread from there, consuming ten boats and part of the dock. The fire damaged another eight boats, the TWRA said.
Smith suffered burns that officials described as serious but not life-threatening. He was ultimately taken to the Vanderbilt Burn Center in Nashville.
The Karns Fire Department responded to the fire.
Karns Fire Chief Daron Long said there were multiple boats burning when fire crews arrived and it was deemed too dangerous to send firefighters onto the floating dock for an offensive attack.
"We had propane tanks exploding on the boats," Karns Fire Chief Daron Long said. "The big thing is, the boats were so close together. So one catches fire and it spreads quickly."
The firefighters opted instead to take a defensive position on the shore, using an aerial ladder truck. No firefighters were injured.
“Personnel safety in that situation is paramount,” Long said. “The public was not at risk.”
The TWRA is working with the Knox County Sheriff's Office to determine the cause of the explosion.

Bay County Fire Rescue and Panama City Beach Fire Rescue responded to a yacht fire in Bay County Sunday evening.
Courtesy: Panama City Beach Fire RescueThe fire happened in Bay Point Marina around 5:30 p.m.
Bay County Fire Rescue officials said a 55-foot Sea Ray Sundancer received significant damage to the interior.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
They said fire marshals are investigating the cause of the fire.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Fire Marshal's Office are investigating a boat explosion that happened Sunday morning, according to Lt. Beau Robertson.
Robertson says the explosion happened early Sunday morning near the west fork of the Calcasieu River when three men were working on a boat on a private dock.
Two men received second and third-degree burns while one man received first and second-degree burns. Robertson says they were rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but are now in stable condition.
The investigation is ongoing.

​A woman passed out from carbon monoxide poisoning Sunday on a 40-foot boat at the Georgetown Waterfront, the Coast Guard says.

About 5:30 p.m., a man called the Coast Guard and said he and another passenger were suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.

A Coast Guard crew arrived and took a woman who was unconscious out of the boat's cabin before putting her on a Coast Guard boat and giving her CPR. She regained consciousness shortly after, the Coast Guard said.

Both passengers were taken to the waterfront, where they met medics who took them to George Washington University Hospital.

"It feels great knowing that I possibly saved a person's life," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Page, who performed CPR. "My training just kicked in automatically, and I am happy I could help."

The woman is expected to be OK.

A boat burst into flame while docked at Akwa Marina in The Weirs on Thursday evening. The fire destroyed the vessel and damaged the two neighboring boats in the short time it took for firefighters to gain control.
Later that same night, city firefighters were called to help remove a woman from her vehicle after it had rolled over.
Laconia Fire Chief Ken Erickson said the department was called at 8:46 p.m. on Thursday for a boat fire. A crew from the Weirs Fire Station responded and laid more than 500 feet of hose to access the fire, which send a thick column of black smoke high into the evening sky. Firefighters were able to limit the damage to the neighboring two vessels, but the Sea Ray that caught fire was destroyed.
Kurt Mailloux, of Akwa Marina, said there was no apparent cause for the fire, as the boat had been docked for some time and there was nobody in the vicinity when the flames were first noticed. Dick Mailloux, his father and owner of the marina, ran to the boat with a fire extinguisher but was unable to put out the fire.
"The fire department acted really quickly and got it out within minutes, which was great," said Mailloux, adding that it was fortunate that nobody was near the boat when it suddenly caught blaze. "Boats get replaced, nobody got hurt, that's the important part."
Erickson estimated the damage caused by the fire to be in excess of $100,000.
Several hours later, at 2:16 a.m. on Friday, the fire department received a call for a car that had rolled over on Mechanic Street and had damaged a fire hydrant.
Firefighter Charles Campbell was part of the crew that responded.
"When we got on scene, the driver was still in the vehicle that was upside down, we were able to extricate the patient without any hydraulic tools," Campbell said. The female driver was transported to Lakes Region General Hospital with injuries that were considered serious but not life threatening.

A 30-foot house boat docked at a marina on the St. Johns River was destroyed in a fire early Thursday.
No injuries were reported in the fire, which was reported at 6:01 a.m. at Boat Tree Marina at 4370 Carraway Place near Lake Monroe in Sanford.
Video from Sky 6 showed flames burning the boat and smoke flowing into the air. Firefighters from Seminole County and Sanford battled the blaze from the dock. The marina's manager said no one was inside the boat at the time.
The boat eventually sank as firefighters pumped water onto it because flames kept flaring up.
911 received several calls early in the morning from residents about the fire.
“I was laying here in bed and all of a sudden I heard a great big ‘whoosh’. I looked out the window and the thing was completely engulfed,” one caller said.
In addition to the boat, three pilings, which are support beams for docks, were burned off and a neighboring boat's siding partially melted.
The marina's manager said that usually wind is blowing into the marina, but the morning of the fire, it happened to be blowing away, which kept the fire from blowing into trees and other boats at the dock.
The cause of the fire is not known. Officials said they hope to lift the boat out of the water Thursday night.

Crews with Norfolk Fire-Rescue responded to a boat fire in the 1500 block of Bayville Street Wednesday night.
The call came in shortly after 8 p.m. Firefighters arrived at the scene to find smoke coming from the boat.
Authorities say the fire was in the boat’s engine compartment. It has since been brought under control.
The owner of the boat and the fire marshal are both on the way to the scene to determine what caused the fire.
No injuries were reported during this incident.
This is a developing story.

An owner of a boat was sailing and sunbathing when their vessel caught fire on Lake Pierce Sunday, deputies said. No injuries were reported. 
According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, a passing boater saw the flames and brought the boat owner to safety before the Polk County Fire Rescue marine unit put out the fire and towed the boat ashore.
Deputies said the blaze is believed to have been caused by batteries to a trolling motor. They also said the boat was missing the required fire extinguisher. 
"Those required items for your boat aren't suggestions, so please pay attention to them. They may save your life one day. At the very least you might get a citation for not having a required item on board - but a citation is preferable to losing your life," the sheriff's office said on Facebook.

A local couple is recovering at a area hospital after a boat exploded and caught on fire in Grafton, Illinois Saturday.
The explosion happened around 6 p.m. in the Grafton Harbor.
Witnesses told News 4 that a local couple, later identified as Dennis Day and Beverly Day, were pulling their old wooden boat in from the dock when it exploded.
"[I] noticed Dennis and Bev come in on their boat, I was getting ready to wave at them and all of a sudden a fireball just shot up and the boat went up in flames," said Brad Zucker.
Joe Palcheff saw the couple's heads sticking out from the water but didn't realize it was his dear friends before he jumped onto his jet ski to rescue them.
"I got out there and saw who it was and [I] know them personally so I was like oh my gosh its Dennis and Bev," Palcheff said, "they got the life jackets but everything was on fire and didn't know there was going to be another explosion so they kind of held on to the jet ski and pulled them into the dock .
According to Grafton Fire, the boat was completely destroyed by the explosion. The couple had recently restored their boat, named 'The Owen'.
Known as Captain Dennis and his first mate Bev, the couple were considered family to the Grafton community and those at the Harbor.
"Everybody loves them so much. There like the face of the area. Dennis is always around making jokes, being the jolly guy that he is," said Zucker.
Officials say both riders suffered non-life threatening burns but were airlifted to a local hospital.
The husband is in serious condition and the wife is in critical condition after being severely burned, according to officials.
The cause of the fire is yet known.

​Authorities say two children aboard a boat in New Hampshire have been treated for possible carbon monoxide poisoning.

The New Hampshire State Police-Marine Patrol says it received a call around 12:15 p.m. Saturday about an unresponsive 8-month-old on a 35-foot boat on Lake Winnipesaukee in Alton. When the boat docked the baby was responsive and crying. It was taken to a hospital where it was treated and released.

An Alton Fire Department fire fighter was checking carbon monoxide levels on the boat and found a 2-year old boy crying. The boy also was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released.

The Marine Patrol recommends that vessels with enclosed areas have a carbon monoxide detector. Carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless, colorless gas which can be fatal.