Fire damages forty foot yacht docked in False Creek harbor

By Kareem Gouda

Posted March 20, 2021 11:20 pm.

Last Updated March 21, 2021 3:18 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Vancouver Firefighters rushed to the scene of a boat engulfed in flames at Fisherman’s Wharf in the False Creek Harbor late Saturday.

When crews arrived, flames were shooting out of the front windshield and wheelhouse of the forty foot yacht which was docked in the harbor at 1505 West 1st Avenue.

Assistant Fire Chief Ken Gemmill says the damage is extensive but luckily nobody was injured and the boat was unoccupied.

“Lots of flames coming from basically the wheelhouse of the vessel and now, with the flashlight on [we can see] it’s pretty burnt on the inside of the wheelhouse.”

Around 24 firefighters attended the single alarm fire.

No word yet on what caused the boat to erupt in flames.

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