Crime & Safety
Boat Sets Fire In Queens Marina: FDNY
Smoke billowed from a marina in Queens Sunday afternoon when a small boat set ablaze.
ROCKAWAY BEACH, NY — A boat caught fire Sunday afternoon at a Rockaway Beach marina, miraculously causing no injuries, according to the FDNY.
The boat set fire about 2:50 p.m. Sunday at a marina near Beach 59th Street and Beach Channel Drive and took just over an hour to put out, according to the FDNY.
No one was injured in the fire.
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Videos posted to Citizen show huge amounts of smoke coming from a small boat completely covered in flames and floating near other boats in the marina.
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