1 injured as boat bursts into flames at Hood Canal marina

SEABECK, Wash. - A man was taken to the hospital Tuesday after his boat burst into flames Tuesday at a marina on Hood Canal, emergency officials said.

Deputies and firefighters rushed to the scene, the Seabeck Marina at 10360 Misery Point Road, at about 12:20 p.m. after receiving reports of a boat fire with 12-foot-high flames and a column of smoke.

Arriving crews found a boat fully ablaze inside the marina and immediately went to work extinguishing the flames, said Ileana LiMarzi of Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue.

The boat's owner had sustained minor injuries and was taken to Harrison Hospital in Bremerton for treatment.

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