3 boats burn in Roche Harbor fire

By Associated Press

Summary

Three boats were involved in a fire in the Roche Harbor Marina on San Juan Island Wednesday. Two sank and one of those is leaking gasoline.

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Story Published: Nov 5, 2009 at 8:13 AM PST

Story Updated: Nov 5, 2009 at 8:14 AM PST

3 boats burn in Roche Harbor fire

Photo by David Whitten, Victoria, B.C. who was enjoying lunch at a Roche Harbor restaurant with his wife and friends from Cape San Juan when the fire broke out. (Courtesy Sharon Kivisto, San Juan Islander).

ROCHE HARBOR, Wash. (AP) - The Coast Guard and Washington Ecology officials say three boats have been involved in a fire in the Roche Harbor Marina on San Juan Island and one is leaking gasoline.

Two of the boats ended up underwater while one was towed and secured. Apparently no one was aboard the boats at the time of Wednesday's fire.

Ecology spokeswoman Barbara MacGregor says one of the sunken vessels contains about 200 gallons of fuel and is leaking. The other contains about 30 gallons of fuel.

Ecology workers have placed 50 feet of boom around the leaked fuel and are using absorbent pads to soak up as much as possible.