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I'm watching film on CNN of a marina fire on the east coast of North Carolina. Looks like a DISASTER So far at least 25 boats destroyed Every boater's nightmare

Hope none of you are involved

Rick

This is pretty scary stuff!

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/8897004/

I echo Rick's sentiments and hope that no member of this board was involved.

Dennis

I work for local law enforcement and was there to assist in security. The entire marina was closed off to the public. Its amazing how people act when you tell them they can't go check on their boat. Even people who's boats were on the other side of the marina. We had 3 complaints on one guys driving before he ever got there.

The article says that a covered dock was destroyed, so probably no sailboats involved; we hope.

~Rich

At least one sail boat, 2 masted, was severly damaged. Some of the locals said it could be repaired but it will take alot of work. The hull is severly burned on the inside. They will resume cleanup tomorrow.

So what do you thing caused the explosions or at least the first one from the so called electrical problem? Propane or Gasoline

My GUESS would be gasoline - -- there's much more of that flammable than ANYTHING else in a marina

Rick

They're pretty sure it was electrical, but no way to conclude exactly what happened. The initial source is laying on the bottom of the creek under the tin roof of the building. Any kind of fire, explosion or no explosion, would burn out of control on those old docks. Some of them were nerve racking to walk on.

Several boat owners said they had been keeping heater running through out the winter. Any number of things could have caused it and the fuel sources just fed the fire.

A friend of mine, who lives aboard his sailboat, witnessed the event from an adjacent dock. He saw one of the boats, fully involved, move out of its slip, past his dock, then deploy its own anchor. The boat burned away under anchor.