Update: Here is a photo that my friend Sean shared. His boat was in the same marina.
He states : "In case you want to know what remains of the boat that burned at Burrard Marina
on Tuesday night - it was refloated and hauled out to Granville Island Boat Yard. Here's what is left:"
It *was* a Beneteau 36. Now it's probably little more than a spare keel...
~Sean
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My condolences to the owners. :( Very Sad! So glad no one was hurt! Hopefully this is a wakeup call that they need a way better system down there. If it had been windy that night it could have been a much different story. ~ Tina
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Today is my 1000th post on the Tina Winterlik blog. http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca
I was looking for something special to blog about but I sure wasn't expecting this.
Last night, there were about 14 emergency vehicles screaming up and down our streets, going around in circles...looked like a lot of confusion.
You see there was a boat on fire in the marina down under Burrard Bridge, near Harmony park. You may have heard they closed the Coast Guard Office there despite huge protests.
Well they got the fire out, but I tell you I was nervous at first because at first there were reports it was near Granville Island near Fisherman's Wharf and I was worried about where I work.
Here's my tweets trying to figure out what was going one.
While all this was going on I madly phoned my friend but couldn't get through so texted him and this is what he said. He's updated me since.
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Hello all
Some of you might have already heard the
news that there was a boat fire at Burrard Marina last night. Sounds
like the fire started shortly after 10 PM, my phone started going nuts with phone calls, texts and e-mails shortly thereafter.
I
had my people on-scene giving me reports shortly after. (yes, I have
"people"...! well, fellow boaters at Burrard Marina). One lives in an
apartment with a good view overlooking the marina, and was able to
confirm the location of the fire. (nowhere near my boat "Hale Pau Hana",
thank goodness!) A second was able to scoot down to the marina, met
with the security guard, and got more details.
Fire
boat, multiple fire trucks, and the hovercraft "Siyay" were all on
scene. I received updates from Port Metro Vancouver's Operations Centre
as well.
The boat was a Beneteau 36, "Allons-y"
at slip N-7 (east side, nearer to Granville Island.) The boat burned to
the waterline, and later sank. The mast bent 90 degrees, collapsed onto
the dock, and is currently holding the sunken hulk in place. Oil-spill
booms were deployed to try and contain the floating cinders and sheen of
spilled diesel fuel.
Two neighbouring boats
were moved away, one just in the nick of time, it's showing severe heat
damage with melted plastic windows and singed canvas, and blistered
fibreglass.
I was there at 7:45 AM to survey the scene. Some pics are posted here:
(Sorry link doesn't want to work.)
As for cause of the blaze... too early to tell.
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Here's a few of Sean's Smith pics, check out the link for the rest
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Fire and heat damage - melted plastic windows, charred canvas, fibre glass blistered and cracked.
Photo by Sean Smith © 2015
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| Neighbouring boats must have been moved in a hurry. Photo by Sean Smith © 2015 |
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| Mast is bent 90 degrees right where it goes into the water. Photo by Sean Smith © 2015 |
To give you an idea of exactly where it was my friend made this map.
Here are a few news links
http://www.vancouversun.com/video+Boat+fire+Burrard+Civic+Marina+False+Creek/10748035/story.html
Vancouver Fire crews fight a boat on fire at Burrard Civic Marina. Coast Guard was also in attendance but took them 45 minutes to respond. If they did not close the Kits Coast Guard Station then rescue crews would have been on scene in seconds.
