CAMPBELL RIVER --
Two boats were destroyed and a third was damaged in an early-morning marina fire in Campbell River on Monday.
According to Capt. Bruce Holbrook of the Campbell River Fire Department, crews were called to the Discovery Harbour Marina shortly after 6:30 a.m. for a 12-metre vessel on fire.
"When they arrived on site they found two boats were fully involved,” Holbrook said. “What they ended up doing was actually working on the exposure fires to try and keep the boats that were next to the two on fire – keep them from catching on fire.”
He said one person managed to escape the fire but not before trying to extinguish the blaze.