Burn baby Burn! This makes you think!

[Tyler]

Last October Wahoo fishing off of Cap lookout NC me and my Parker came upon this boat on fire . Just thought I'd share. Father and son got off ok.

 

[Megabyte]

The fire always seems to go out once it reaches the waterline.


That had to be hard to watch.

 

[Sully]

Man I hate seeing that
Hope they get enough money back to come out OK

 

[Keith FDNY]

WOW that is pretty sad i tell you that but thank god eveyone got off if alive!!

 

[pmeggers]

How did it start? Did she sink?

 

[Tyler]

Don't know how it started.I know it went down. 2004 Luhrs 36' with twin yanmars.

 

[gray duck]

Floating inferno! That's scary. Most likely cause? A short?

 

[Megabyte]

Floating inferno! That's scary. Most likely cause? A short?

With the volume of fire seen there, I would suspect a fuel leak.

 

[BuddahB]

I'm no fireman, but drove trucks for many years and it usually takes an open flame to light diesel fuel I believe. I think the fire must have started elsewhere before it hit the fuel.... JMO :roll:

 

[CaptainJim]

the engine rooms on the luhr's are TINY TINY TINY.

a fuel line could have ruptured and sprayed fuel on something hot like an exhaust... hot hydraulic oil, hot engine oil, who knows.

shame to see a nice boat go down.

 

[Megabyte]

I'm no fireman, but drove trucks for many years and it usually takes an open flame to light diesel fuel I believe. I think the fire must have started elsewhere before it hit the fuel.... JMO :roll:

Quite true, but warm diesel fuel under pressure creates a fine mist which is pretty easily ignited.
All just speculation though...