RedactedNarrative: ON SATURDAY JULY 31, 2021, A VESSEL INCIDENT OCCURRED IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY ON LAKE WYLIE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 6:45PM. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE DOCK AT RHINEHILL RD. THIS IS IN BOYD'S COVE. THE INCIDENT INVOLVED ONE VESSEL. THE VESSEL IS A 1988 46'' THREE BUOYS SUNSEEKER HOUSEBOAT. THERE WAS NO ONE OPERATING OR ONBOARD THE VESSEL AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. 
  
  THE VESSEL WAS TIED TO THE DOCK AT THE ADDRESS ABOVE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 6:45PM WITNESS OBSERVED SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF THE VESSEL LOCATED ON DOCK DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM HIS RESIDENCE.  WITNESS CALLED 911 TO REPORT THE FIRE. CHARLOTTE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 38 RESPONDED TO THE CALL BY WATER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE OWNER OF THE VESSEL, STATED HE HAD BEEN DOING RENOVATIONS ON THE VESSEL AND FINISHED AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00PM.
  
  IN CONCLUSION, THE CAUSE OF THIS VESSEL INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE MECKLENBURG COUNTY FIRE MARSHALL IS DOING AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.  THERE ARE NO CHARGES PENDING IN THIS INCIDENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES IN THIS INCIDENT.  THE VESSEL INCURRED APPROXIMATELY $20,000 IN DAMAGE. THE VESSEL HAS EXTENSIVE FIRE, SMOKE, AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE OF THE VESSEL. THERE IS ALSO EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE TO THE STARBOARD REAR OF THE VESSEL.
  
  
  
  
  *****PLEASE NOTE:  ONCE THIS INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE, THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED.*************************************
  
  
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