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Title: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: gagedylan on December 09, 2008, 08:02:48 AM

woke up this morning to see two boats on fire on the news, not sure what kind, but live on tv, fighting the fire, looked pretty intense. hope all are ok

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: Luna Sea 5 on December 09, 2008, 08:10:12 AM

not good

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: gagedylan on December 09, 2008, 08:16:06 AM

UPDATE....STILL ON FIRE 8:25 AM

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: ChrisL on December 09, 2008, 08:56:51 AM

Fox 5 News's chopper guy referred to North Hudson Fire/Rescue's fire boat as "the poor little fire boat".  They were having a rough time getting in postition and getting water on the fire.
Last I saw FDNY was on scene getting ready to flow water.
Only good thing was it's off season and the marina wasn't full, otherwise they would have lost a bunch of boats.

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: IrishAyes on December 09, 2008, 09:11:18 AM

Are the boats in the water or on dry dock?

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: CapBob on December 09, 2008, 09:42:59 AM

I was in Jersey City this morning...could see it on the one zoom camera on our building, looked like they were in the water a Marina right next to Lincoln tunnel, did not look good

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: Pfishingruven on December 09, 2008, 10:14:40 AM

WOW!!  That's crazy!

 TT^

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: ChrisL on December 09, 2008, 10:24:54 AM

In the water

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: hareball on December 09, 2008, 12:39:20 PM

One of the boats was owned by A NYC doctor and he was at work. The other boats owner saw his boat catching on fire on the news and ran for his life.

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: hareball on December 09, 2008, 12:40:05 PM

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/boat_fire_spreads_on_weehawken.html

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: ped579 on December 09, 2008, 01:07:54 PM

Wow, wow, wow...Not good.  I wonder if it was the heater like the story mentioned?  Doctor + faulty heater = big tome law suit... :P

Title: Re: WEEHAWKEN........BOAT FIRE
Post by: ChrisL on December 09, 2008, 03:03:58 PM

We were watching it at the firehouse this morning at shift change and commenting..."can you imagine waking up, turning on the news and realizing that's your boat".