Published: Monday, January 2, 2006
Fire destroys 2 boats
Two other boats moored at the Everett Marina are heavily damaged in the Sunday night blaze, but the fire is kept from spreading.
EVERETT - Fire destroyed two pleasure boats at the Everett Marina near Marina Village on Sunday.
No one was aboard the boats, and no injuries were reported following the fire, which began in one boat on J dock and spread to another, fire officials said.
The fire was reported at 6:28 p.m. Sunday. Several people on their boats at the time called to report the fire when they saw smoke or the fire itself.
The flames were extinguished about 6:50 p.m. A hole was burned in the roof of the covered dock directly above the boats, but the fire did not spread farther, said Warren Burns, fire marshal for the Everett Fire Department.
The cabins of each of the two power boats were destroyed, leaving only the hulls. "They probably won't be salvageable," Burns said.
The boat where the fire is believed to have started, the Balao II, was a 40-foot wooden boat built in 1961, marina director Kim Buike said. The other boat, the Restless, was a 36-footer. Two boats next to the burning boats were also heavily damaged from the heat, Burns said. The cause of the fire was not known Sunday.
The owner of the second boat, a Bellevue resident, was contacted Sunday, Buike said. "He was obviously very distraught to hear that his boat burned," he said.
Buike said he left a message with the owner of the first boat, who has an Everett address. The owners of the first boat did not live aboard, said Bruce Rhodes, who has a boat on I dock across from the burned boats.
Rhodes was one of those who called 911. He smelled the smoke before he saw it, and at first thought his diesel heater was backing smoke up into his boat, he said. He turned off the heater and was climbing off his boat to pick up his daughter at the train station when he saw the flames. They were burning through the hull of the Balao II from the inside out, he said.
"If I'd have left on time, I probably wouldn't have seen the flames," he said.
After calling 911, Rhodes notified people he knew who live on their boats nearby, he said.
Mike Toohey lives on his boat two docks away.
"I looked through the boats on I dock, and I could see the red on the other side," he said. He also called to report the fire.
Firefighters responded quickly, witnesses said. Eleven firefighters fought the fire on the dock, and about 30 were on the scene, Burns said.
Firefighters set three nearby boats loose to get them away from the fire. Several people who live aboard their boats guided the loose boats to temporary moorage, said Capt. Craig Reedy of AAA Charters.
Reedy, who lives on his boat, also saw the fire.
"Within one minute the flames were up to the roof," he said.
Reporter Bill Sheets: 425-339-3439 or sheets@heraldnet.com.
 Jennifer Buchanan / The Herald The burnt hull of a boat floats at the Everett Marina where two boats burned Sunday night. |
No one was aboard the boats, and no injuries were reported following the fire, which began in one boat on J dock and spread to another, fire officials said.
The fire was reported at 6:28 p.m. Sunday. Several people on their boats at the time called to report the fire when they saw smoke or the fire itself.
The flames were extinguished about 6:50 p.m. A hole was burned in the roof of the covered dock directly above the boats, but the fire did not spread farther, said Warren Burns, fire marshal for the Everett Fire Department.
The cabins of each of the two power boats were destroyed, leaving only the hulls. "They probably won't be salvageable," Burns said.
The boat where the fire is believed to have started, the Balao II, was a 40-foot wooden boat built in 1961, marina director Kim Buike said. The other boat, the Restless, was a 36-footer. Two boats next to the burning boats were also heavily damaged from the heat, Burns said. The cause of the fire was not known Sunday.
The owner of the second boat, a Bellevue resident, was contacted Sunday, Buike said. "He was obviously very distraught to hear that his boat burned," he said.
Buike said he left a message with the owner of the first boat, who has an Everett address. The owners of the first boat did not live aboard, said Bruce Rhodes, who has a boat on I dock across from the burned boats.
Rhodes was one of those who called 911. He smelled the smoke before he saw it, and at first thought his diesel heater was backing smoke up into his boat, he said. He turned off the heater and was climbing off his boat to pick up his daughter at the train station when he saw the flames. They were burning through the hull of the Balao II from the inside out, he said.
"If I'd have left on time, I probably wouldn't have seen the flames," he said.
After calling 911, Rhodes notified people he knew who live on their boats nearby, he said.
Mike Toohey lives on his boat two docks away.
"I looked through the boats on I dock, and I could see the red on the other side," he said. He also called to report the fire.
Firefighters responded quickly, witnesses said. Eleven firefighters fought the fire on the dock, and about 30 were on the scene, Burns said.
Firefighters set three nearby boats loose to get them away from the fire. Several people who live aboard their boats guided the loose boats to temporary moorage, said Capt. Craig Reedy of AAA Charters.
Reedy, who lives on his boat, also saw the fire.
"Within one minute the flames were up to the roof," he said.
Reporter Bill Sheets: 425-339-3439 or sheets@heraldnet.com.
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