Tarpon Springs Fire Video and Photos Ignite Social Media

Two boats caught fire at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks on Tuesday night, turning the Anclote River "into a lake of fire," according to the Tampa Bay Times. 

More than 5,000 gallons of fuel was believed to have been on board the vessel that first caught fire. That vessel was a shrimp boat and caught fire around 7:00 p.m. Tuesday. A second boat caught fire hours later, according to this ABC Action News video.

A glance at Tarpon Springs Facebook page shows a chronology of readers' concern.

Just after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, Julie Bouesso Rehbein, wrote: "Rumor has it that more than one boat is on fire?! I hope not!"

Just before 11 p.m. over on Twitter, Derek Sivers tweeted "It's almost gone #spongedocks #boatfire #TarponSprings to local media.

The Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce posted this status update to their Facebook page Wednesday morning: "Thank you to the many firefighters who responded last evening to the shrimp boat fire at the sponge docks! We are blessed that there were no injuries!"

Minutes later, James Hanks responded to the chamber's message with this message:  "All emergency officials appeared very much on top of the situation. Nice work!"

Watch videos, browse pictures and read stories about the Tarpon Springs Sponge Dock Fires:

• Fire At Sponge Docks as Boat Goes Up In Flames (Patch)
• Fire Breaks Out At Tarpon Springs Sponge Dock (Bay News 9)
• Gallons of Diesel in River after Tarpon Springs Boat Fire (WFLA)
• Officials: Fuel Spill Contained at Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks (Fox 13)
• Officials Investigate Cause of Shrimp Boat Fire, Evaluate Impact of Fire, Fuel Spill (ABC Action News)
• Fire Destroys Shrimp Boat at Tarpon Springs Docks (Tampa Tribune)
• Firefighters Still On Scene at Tarpon Springs Shrimp Boat Blaze (Tampa Bay Times)

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