Vessel # 1, in slip # 10 of Ponchos Marina in Marathon FL, caught fire due to an electrical arc that occurred in the bathroom of the vessel. The single occupant of the vessel used two fire extinguishers and a water hose to try and extinguish the fire. He was unable to put the fire out. Fire engulfed vessel # 1. Fire from vessel # 1 caught vessel # 2 on fire and caused extensive damage to vessel # 2. Vessel # 1 began to drift across the marina and eventually sunk near an empty slip across from slip # 10. Marathon fire arrived and put out the fire on vessel # 2. The owner of vessel # 1 contracted Seatow to clean the spill and remove the vessel.
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