February 23, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
A fire broke out at Hurricane Marina Wednesday night causing damage to a pier and three boats. There were no injuries.
The DeKalb County Fire Department issued the following prepared statement about the incident.
“The DeKalb County Fire Department was dispatched to a boat fire at Hurricane Marina Wednesday night at 10:05 p.m.”
“As fire crews arrived, they found a ski boat in a covered slip on a pier fully engulfed with other boats and the marina pier threatened. Firefighters, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officers, and rescue personnel worked quickly to tow adjacent boats and extinguish the fire. One of the exposed boats sustained major damage. The other exposed boat sustained minor damage. The marina pier also had fire, heat, and smoke damage that was isolated to the area where the fire started. There were no injuries reported”.
“It is believed the fire started from an electrical fault on the ski boat”.
“The DeKalb County Fire Department’s Cookeville Highway, Liberty, Main stations, Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad, DeKalb Emergency Medical Services, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department responded to the incident”.