Eleven boaters were injured as a classic sport cruiser of ten meters in length exploded at Miss-Croix Yacht Harbor, Prescott, Wisconsin, Mississippi river on the afternoon of Saturday 26 July. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources responded to the blaze, as the boat burnt its mooring lines and also did some fire damage to another boat, with a big merit going to the owner of nearby Leo Landing marina owner who used his flat boat to move the sport cruiser away from nearby boats. Eight of the people were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of light injuries. The cause of the fire is reported to be a gas build up, as the skipper of the sport cruiser reported the boat exploding at the third try of ignition.
The sport cruiser in this explosion is a Wellcraft 3200 St. Tropez as produced from 1985 to 1993 in 1700 units. The 3200 St. Tropez was a replacement to the 3100 Express and was replaced by the 3200 Martinique. While the other boat which was involved in the fire was a Carver 36 Aft Cabin.
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