Crime & Safety
Marina Del Rey Boat Fire Leaves Woman Without Her Home, And The One She Was Moving Into Next
"Oh my God, that's my boat I was going to buy," Colucci said, watching the wrecked vessel being moved. "I didn't get to say goodbye."
February 19, 2026
A woman lost her home, and the one she was planning to move into next, when two boats went up in flames in Marina del Rey last week.
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Michelle Colucci was just returning from work when she saw the flames. The fire quickly spread from a boat she had tied up next to Seashell, her home of 10 years, at the harbor.
Despite fighting hard to save them both, she watched as the new boat, which she had planned to move onto as a new beginning, was hauled away from the harbor on Wednesday, Her old boat had already been towed days earlier, everything inside of it gone.
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