SUQUAMISH, Wash. - A man was rescued from a 30-foot motor boat that went up in flames Thursday morning as it floated in the placid blue waters between Bainbridge Island and the Kitsap Peninsula.
The fire broke out at about 6:45 a.m. after the man piloted his boat, the "Liberty Call," out of the Brownsville Marina and was heading through Agate Passage, said a North Kitsap Fire Department spokesperson.
A friend was following behind in another boat and was able to rescue the man as flames spread through the vessel. But the man was unable to get his dog off the boat and it died in the blaze.
The fire continued burning for some time before crews were able to reach it. Aerial footage shot by KOMO's Air 4 showed the blaze burning fiercely and a tall column of smoke rising above it as it drifted through Agate Passage.
The boat has continued drifting since northward the fire. It is still smoking, but the fire appears to be out. The vessel is considered a total loss.
The Coast Guard is now on the scene to monitor the boat.
Photo by Martin Bydalek
NORTH KITSAP —A man was saved but a dog perished in a boat fire this morning in Agate Passage, according to North Kitsap Fire and Rescue.
Crews were called to waterway, in between North Kitsap and Bainbridge Island, about 6:45 a.m. A 30-foot motor vessel was ablaze and
Poulsbo Fire Department and North Kitsap crews responded by land and by sea, said North Kitsap spokeswoman Michele Laboda.
Crews learned a passing boat, helmed by a boater whose craft is moored at the Brownsville Marina, was able to come alongside the burning boat and save its occupant, who moors his boat at the same marina. But they were unable to get the dog, Laboda said.
North Kitsap's fire boat, a Coast Guard boat and private vessels sprayed the burning craft with water and foam to get the fire extinguished. The man did not have any reported injuries.
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