A fire in Pasadena Yacht and Country Club located in Boca Ciega Bay, southwest of Gulfport Boulevard, Florida which started after about 16:00 hours of Wednesday fourth October totalled and sank two boats and damaged two more. The fire started on a thirteen meter flybridge cruiser, which then jumped to the starboard side on a sixteen meters sportfish yacht. The flybridge cruiser which ignited the fire was totally burned down to the waterline and sank with the fire, while the sportfish yacht to starboard also received extensive damage and partly sank later on. Another seventeen meter sportfish yacht to port side of the fire starting flybridge cruiser also had fire burning damage, with some minor damage also hitting a same sized sportfish yacht located to starboard a slip away from the fire starting boat. Gulfport Police Department dispatched officers, emergency crews, and fire fighters to the scene around 17:00 hours. The cause of the fire is reported as starting from the battery compartment of the thirteen meter flybridge cruiser. No one was injured in the fire although damages are reported to be about 1.3 million US dollars.
Pasadena Yacht and Country Club was also involved in a fire on 03:00 hours of eighteen December 2020. That fire was not reported as information was limited to a photo of three empty slips damaged by the blaze.
The boat which started the fire is a Meridian 441 Sedan, with the other yacht which burned down and partly sank is a first generation Viking 52 Convertible. The other yachts which received fire damage are a first generation Viking 55 Convertible located to port side of the starting boat, and a first generation Viking 56 Convertible located further to starboard.
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