Sailboat Burns, Sinks In Bodega Bay Harbor

SONOMA COUNTY, CA – A sailboat caught fire and sank in the Bodega Bay harbor Wednesday night, a fire chief said this morning.

The 20- to 30-foot boat had been anchored in the harbor for a long time, but its local owner was not at the scene when the fire started around 7:45 p.m., Bodega Bay Fire Protection District Chief Sean Grinnell said.

The boat was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived and fought the blaze from a fireboat, Grinnell said.

The boat was in the outer harbor outside Mason's Marina and the blaze was inaccessible by land, Grinnell said.

The Bodega Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard also responded to the fire, and the Coast Guard returned to the scene this morning.

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--Bay City News/Images courtesy of Bodega Bay Fire Protection District