ON 05/11/2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 P.M.,P1 SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM A NEARBY 2002 STARDUST HOUSEBOAT AT SEQUOYAH MARINA ON NORRIS LAKE IN ANDERSON COUNTY. UPON INVESTIGATION, P1 OBSERVED THE HOUSEBOAT TO BE FILLED WITH SMOKE. P1 CONTACTED THE MARINA OWNERS. THE MARINA OWNERS CONTACTED 911 AND REMOVED THE HOUSEBOAT FROM THE MAIN DOCK. THE HOUSEBOAT WAS TOWED INTO THE HARBOR NEAR THE MAIN CHANNEL AND NO WAKE SIGN WHERE IT WAS TIED TO A VACANT FLOAT. ANDERSONVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE AND ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE FIRE. THE HOUSEBOAT CONTINUED TO BURN. THE VESSEL BURNED UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 3:00 P.M. AND THEN SANK INTO THE LAKE.
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