Boats on fire; million dollar losses

Many of you were awakened this morning by the sound of fire trucks and sirens. A large yacht at the Yacht Harbour Marina caught fire and the fire spread. People near the water started hearing explosions about 6:20 am. Four large boats were destroyed in the end.

The sad part is that due to the lack of City services, cutbacks and all, the closest fire boat came from Haulover and that took over an hour to get down to the Grove! In the meantime, it seemed as if every fire truck from every other fire department in the area showed up, but they were contained to the front of The Fresh Market, one hook and ladder truck made it to the dock area.

The wind pushed the fire more toward the south and luckily the flames did not extend to the actual dock or any other boats. It could have been a major mess. As one friend put it in headline terms: "Boats on fire in the Grove; Multi-million dollar losses.

I got this photo from Michelle Niemeyer, who had it on her Facebook page. If others come in of the actual flames and boats on fire, I'll post them.