ON 1-13-23 AT APROX 1440 HOURS PFC and I responded to the port royal landing and marina in reference to A VESSEL ON FIRE. PFC ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION AT APPROX 1450 HOURS AND ADVISED ME THAT AN APPROX 30 FT CABIN CRUISER WAS FULLY INVOLVED AND BEAUFORT COUNTY FIRE WAS ON SCENE. 

UPON MY ARRIVAL ON SCENE I MET WITH PFC AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONEL. PFC MADE CONTACT WITH A WITNESS AND OBTAINED A WRITTEN STATEMENT,witness, AN OFF DUTY FIRE FIGHTER HAD BEEN AT THE RESTURANT AT THE MARINA WHEN HE NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE BOW OF THE VESSEL. He THEN ATTEMPTED TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER BUT WAS UNABLE TO BEFORE RETREATING TO A SAFE LOCATION. FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONEL HAD MOSTLU EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AT THIS TIME. I NOTICED EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE ON THE VESSEL AND IT SEEMED THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE MID TO FORWARD SECTION OF THE VESSEL AS THIS AREA WAS MOST DAMAGED. I NOTICED THAT AN ADJACENT VESSEL ALSO HAAD EXTENSIVE FIRE DAMAGE. THIS VESSEL WAS AN APPROX 20FT STINGRAY CENTERCONSOLE THAT WAS APPROX 20FT AWAY AND HAD BEEN DOCKED AT A FLOATING JET DOCK. I ALSO DISCOVERED THAT A THIRD VESSEL HAD BEEN DAMAGED A 19 FT CAROLINA SKIFF HAD ALSO RECIEVED SOME DAMAGE FROM THE FLAMES. I OBTAINED PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGED VESSELS AT THE DOCK AT THAT TIME
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