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Lightning Strike Causes Boat Fire In Huntington Harbor

The boat was an unfortunate victim of Thursday evening's lightning storm.

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One of the victims of the lightning storm that came down on Long Island on Thursday evening was a boat in Huntington Harbor.

A bolt of lightning struck the vessel in front of West Shore Maria, igniting a fire at approximately 5:30 p.m.

Witness Tyler Cranz told Patch he called 911 after seeing the blaze. The Huntington Fire Department arrived via boat and filled the boat with water. "It was a fiberglass fire so the water didn’t do much," Cranz said.

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