42 Viking catches fire on pleasure cruise, Gulf Shores/Duphin Island

[Domino Effect]

Boat Catches Fire Twice in One Day - NBC 15 Online

Sorry for the crappy pics (cell phone)

[Capt. Fred]

Holy crap what a mess. That one's done. Hope he had good insurance.

[localangler]

Anyword about those onbard? Hope all onboard were safe.

[Capt. Fred]

In the article it sounds like they all got off OK. Then the boat caught fire again later and ended up in the condition pictured.

[FairWeather]

Yes, I would say this one is a total loss...

That sucks man, right before the "boating season" too.. Oh well, atleast all are safe!

[Bigdaddy98]

Maybe the first fire wasn't enough for the insurance company to total it. Looks like the second one did the trick.

[capt_dalton]

I was at that fire with the DI VFD. When I got there, just a bit before 3:00 a.m., that boat was totally engulfed in fire.

We hit it with two hoses, then FFF, then more water. That fire was wicked. A 2 1/2" hose at 3/4 open blasting it did not phase it.

We left the scene around 7:45 a.m. Talk about a whipped butt.

Opened my eyes to fire on fiberglass boats. The three fire exstinguishers I carry on the charter boat surely don't seem like enough after seeing first hand what it took to get that fire put out. If you have a fire on a boat, you'd better get that sucker put out FAST, because once the fiberglass becomes the fuel, it gets evil.

[bluffman2]

Chris any idea what actually happened to cause it to catch fire???

[capt_dalton]

No idea. A couple of Coasties strolled down a couple of hours into the fight and told me that it was the boat that had been towed in from the Bay Saturday evening. They mentioned that the boat's Halon system had discharged on the first fire, so that makes me think engine room.

Fire Chief was ticked that no one bothered to call the fire dept. to check the boat over before they tied it up at Billy Goat Hole. We were told Sea Tow did the towing. Supposedly someone was to be keeping an eye on the boat throughout the night. No one showed any ownership the entire time we were there.

[tina]

yes every one on the boat was fine and it was my both of my brothers were on there and also was on board was my sisternlaw and they were celeberating my brothers b day