Terrible fire in Alabama

GMSLITHO

35 boats and 8 deaths 

reneechris14

Alabama boat fire on Tennessee River: 8 deaths confirmed in Scottsborohttps://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4586641002&ved=2ahUKEwjImo_byqTnAhWCdd8KHfyKDDAQFjABegQIDRAI&usg=AOvVaw31_QijsOqs8p0Pn7_vPSX-&ampcf=1

Willhound

Good Lord. That is just horrific.

MarkB

Wow, that is terrible.

LaRea

The water was 43° F ... hard to even think about it.

aero3113

WoW, horrible.

raybo3

What a shame. Just terrible 

LaRea

I wonder if there's some way the boating community could show support.  I couldn't find anything about a yacht club at Scottsboro Marina.

rasbury

Om my....that's a hard story to read. God bless their souls.

randy56

Cannot imagine the horror, waking up and not being able to get off the dock. 

Dream_Inn

Just a terrible way to go.  I'm sure they'll investigate the cause.  We had a fire on our dock a few years back that took out 4 boats (mine was next in line) caused by a candle on board.  

skennelly

Incredibly scary especially now that I have a child on board.  Terrible.

LaRea

The accident report is out.  The boats in this accident were not "boats" as we use the word.  They were basically derelict vessels with people living on them.  If there had been a boat with working engines, some of those victims might have escaped with their lives.  

The boat that started the fire sat in her slip without moving for at least a decade until she was repossessed and sold to somebody with no boating experience.  The heating system used by that person consisted of a portable electric heater and an electric blanket.  Not surprisingly, the fire started in the electrical panel.  

Meanwhile, the marina made every possible mistake in terms of readiness.  

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAB2032.pdf 

J3ff

"The seven occupants who remained in the cabin of the vessel—five children, their mother, and another woman—became trapped by the flames and perished in the fire."

How awful