Smoke damage but no injuries in South Harbor boat fire

A fisherman, who also happens to be a member of the Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department, was checking on his boat in Petersburg's South Harbor Wednesday evening, Nov. 13, when he smelled smoke. He investigated and saw flames through a gally window of the FV Carol B — a tender docked a few stalls away from his own boat.

He called it in, and the fire department along with harbor crews mounted a fast response.

No one was aboard the Carol B and no one was injured in the fire or the response, confirmed PVFD Fire Chief Dan Bird.

Nearby vessels appeared to be undamaged.

"There was quite a bit of smo...

 

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