Two Injured in Classic Boat Fire in Orange Beach, Alabama

Two men were injured as a classic eight meter cabin cruiser titled m/y Andiamoi exploded first and went ablaze later at Safe Harbor Sportsman Marina, Orange Beach, Alabama at 16:17 of Monday thirtieth June. Orange Beach Fire and Rescue Team responded to the blaze, which seem controlled by the initial efforts, only for it to ignite again with the boat drifting, at which it hit another charter boat, lightly damaging it with small smoke damage.  Ultimately the fire took 25 minutes to extinguish after which the classic boat partly sank, bow up and the rest of it underwater. The two men were taken to Baldwin Health Freestanding Emergency Department in Gulf Shores suffering of minor injuries. According to initial investigation the boat may have exploded from short circuiting blowers, which added with the vapours of petrol gas led to the explosion and subsequent fire.

The boat in this fire is a Trojan F-30 Sport Cruiser, as produced from 1974. The F-30 was a replacement to the F-30 Sea Raider, which featured a fiberglass hull and wooden super structure, and was replaced by the Trojan F-32 Express.