A quick response from firefighters helped save a boat parked on Gordon Avenue after a fire broke out in the cabin.
At 2 pm on Monday, February 21 Powell River Fire and Emergency Services received a call about a 24-foot boat on fire in an attached carport and responded to the scene. The fire had started in the cabin and the fire department arrived before it could spread. Deputy Chief Terry Peters said fire personnel broke a window to reach the fire and only needed a minimal amount of water to put it out. Peters said that if the fire had broken the windows and been exposed to oxygen it would surely have spread to the rest of the boat.
While the rest of the boat remained salvageable, Peters described the interior as having “significant loss.” The heat from the fire melted most everything in the boat’s interior. The fire did not spread to the carport or any other structure. As for the cause, that remains unknown, although Peters did say that a space heater in the cabin is a likely suspect.
Peters said that neighbours were throwing water on the boat when the fire department arrived and that he appreciates the “good effort by the community.”
