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6 boats destroyed by fire at Port Orchard Yacht Club

Mar 20, 2016, 9:56 AM | Updated: Oct 1, 2024, 5:43 am

A Sunday morning fire at the Port Orchard Yacht Club destroyed six boats but no one was injured. (S...

A Sunday morning fire at the Port Orchard Yacht Club destroyed six boats but no one was injured. (South Kitsap Fire and Rescue)

(South Kitsap Fire and Rescue)

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — A Sunday morning fire at the Port Orchard Yacht Club destroyed six boats but no one was injured.

Officials say the blaze started at 3 a.m. and also destroyed the houses containing the boats.

Officials say firefighters saved another 38 boats.

Officials haven’t identified a cause for the fire and there’s no estimate on the cost of the damage.

The Kitsap County Fire Marshal is investigating.

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