Two people avoided injury after a fire ignited aboard a 40-foot pleasure craft in the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro on Thursday, March 4, with the boat later sinking after the flames were extinguished, authorities said.
Around 1:40 p.m., the docked boat caught fire near Berth 42 while a man and a woman were aboard, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Nicholas Prange. The two people were able to get off the ship and onto the dock without serious injuries.
The pair declined medical treatment.
Crews were able to extinguish the blaze in about 20 minutes, though extensive damage to the vessel left it unsalvageable and the vessel began to sink shortly after, Prange said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation on Thursday.
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