NEWTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Emergency crews responded Thursday after a boat caught fire at a dock in Newton.
The fire happened at the Newton Yacht Club off Nonantum Road.
SKY7-HD was over the scene near 10:30 a.m. and spotted firefighters still dousing the flames. In addition to the badly burned boat, a nearby dock was also charred. Flames were still visible in some spots while smoke continued to billow overhead.
Newton Fire Chief Gregory Gentile said the boat was engulphed in flames when firefighters first arrived on scene. Facing strong winds, Gentile said crews worked to prevent the fire from spreading to other vessels.
In addition to the wind, Gentile said fuel on the boat posed a challenge.
“It takes a lot of water,” Gentile said of boat fires like the one his crews faced. “You need a good volume of water to put a fire like this out.”
There were no reported injuries. At one point, though, the pillar of black smoke rising from the boat could be seen drifting over the Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton. The boat that burned was considered a total loss.
Crews had extinguished the fire as of around 12:30 p.m. But crews remained on scene to monitor hot spots.
“It could have been a lot worse,” Gentile said. “The guys did a great job.”
Officials with the state Department of Environmental Protection were on scene early Thursday afternoon to handle leftover fuel in the destroyed boat.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
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