At least 8 killed after fire, explosions at Alabama marina

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At least 8 killed after fire, explosions at Alabama marina
At least 7 rescued as incident saw several desperately dive from marina dock
The Associated Press · Posted: Jan 27, 2020 2:52 PM ET

A fire burns on a dock where at least 35 vessels, many of them houseboats, were destroyed by fire early Monday in Scottsboro, Ala. (DeWayne Patterson/Jackson County Sentinel via AP)

At least eight people were killed early Monday in an explosive fire that consumed dozens of vessels docked at a marina along the Tennessee River in northern Alabama.

Scottsboro Fire Chief Gene Necklaus said all eight people who were known to be missing have been confirmed dead, and "that number could go up, because we don't know how many were on boats" that sank.

The fire began just after midnight at Jackson County Park Marina and quickly consumed the wooden dock as people were sleeping. At least 35 vessels went up in flames and an aluminum roof that covered many of the boats melted and collapsed, cutting off escape routes and raining debris over the area as boaters leaped into the river.

Read more at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alabama-tennessee-river-fire-1.5441970