WATCH: ‘Disaster at Dock B: Lives Remembered, Lessons Learned:’ A WAAY 31 Special Report
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It s been one year since a deadly fire at a Jackson County marina claimed eight lives. WAAY 31 spoke to survivors and first responders about their memories of that night.
Posted: Jan 27, 2021 6:18 PM
Updated: Jan 29, 2021 12:25 PM
Posted By: Dan Shaffer, Tim Collins, Regan Spencer, Joseph Berryman
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Wednesday marked one year since a fire broke out at a marina in Jackson County and killed eight people.
It happened at Jackson County Park in the middle of a cold January night. A small fire broke out aboard a houseboat that was one of 35 boats tied up just feet apart from each other along Dock B.
‘We will never forget’: One year after Alabama’s deadly boat dock fire
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Published on Jan 27, 2021
Scottsboro Fire Chief Gene Necklaus points to a cross that overlooks the spot where a boat dock fire on Jan. 27, 2020 killed eight people at Jackson County Park. Ashley Remkus | aremkus@al.com
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A small cross adorned with purple and white flowers overlooks the spot where Dock B once stretched across the water that flows around Jackson County Park.
That dock is gone now. It was consumed one year ago today in one of the worst maritime disasters in Alabama’s history.