Electrical concern sparks fireplace on 42-foot trawler at Newburyport Yacht Membership

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Whereas ready for authorities to reply, a fellow boat proprietor grabbed a fireplace extinguisher to gradual the unfold, which firefighters credited with serving to comprise the blaze.

Newburyport firefighters extinguished {an electrical} fireplace on a 42-foot vessel on the Newburyport Yacht Membership on Sunday night time after one other boat proprietor referred to as 911.

The caller observed the 42-foot Wesmac Trawler on fireplace round 10:20 p.m. at 300 Merrimack St., a launch from the fireplace division famous.

Whereas ready for authorities to reply, the man boat proprietor labored to gradual the unfold, which firefighters credited with serving to forestall what might have been a a lot bigger fireplace, the discharge famous.

Firefighters totally extinguished the fireplace inside 10 minutes because of this particular person’s assist, officers stated.

“I wish to commend the opposite boat proprietor who not solely alerted our Division to this fireplace, however who additionally grabbed a fireplace extinguisher and helped to maintain this blaze contained as our firms responded,” stated Chief Stephen H. Bradbury III in a press release. “This might have been a a lot worse fireplace if he hadn’t intervened.”

There have been no reported accidents and a lot of the harm from the fireplace occurred inside the boat’s pilot home, officers stated.

The Newburyport Fireplace Division, which is main the investigation, stated “the reason for the fireplace was electrical in nature.”