No injuries as 2 boats burn in Miami
Posted on Sun, May. 11, 2008
By JENNIFER LEBOVICH
Two boats docked at a Miami marina caught fire Sunday afternoon, sending plumes of black smoke into the air and briefly halting traffic on a bridge above, officials said.
No one was injured in the blaze.
Miami Fire Rescue responded to the fire just south of the Southwest First Street bridge after 5 p.m., according to Lt. Ignatius Carroll, a department spokesman.
Two fiberglass boats -- one about 30-feet long, the other about 40-feet in length -- were destroyed.
Crews were ''tearing the boat apart to make sure they hit all of the areas, wetting everything down,'' Carroll said from the scene. ``One of the boats is partially sinking.''
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