A boater was hospitalized after two yachts caught fire and sank at a Long Island marina early Wednesday, officials said.
Firefighters were first called to Manhasset Bay Marina in Port Washington around 12:30 a.m. to a 43-foot Marine Trader yacht that was completely engulfed in flames, cops said.
The blaze quickly spread to a 42-foot Post boat docked in the adjacent slip.
Police officers and firefighters responded to the fire around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. Port Washington Fire DepartmentA 58-year-old man on the second boat was taken to a local hospital suffering from smoke inhalation, police said.
The initial boat that caught catch fire was unoccupied.
Firefighters took nearly two hours in single-digit temperatures to contain the spreading blaze.
The fire quickly spread from one boat to the next. Port Washington Fire Department
Both vessels sank in the fire. Port Washington Fire DepartmentNone of them were injured.
It was not immediately clear what sparked the blaze, which was still being investigated, with the Nassau County Fire Marshall, Arson Bomb Squad and Marine Bureau all responding.
