A fast response by local firefighters kept a boat fire at a local marina from becoming something much worse.

According to the DeKalb County Fire Department, on Wednesday, February 21, at 10:05 p.m., fire crews were dispatched to a boat fire at Hurricane Marina. Upon arrival, firefighters found a ski boat, in a covered slip on a pier, fully engulfed with other boats and the marina pier threatened.

DeKalb Firefighters, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officers, and rescue personnel worked quickly to tow adjacent boats away from danger and extinguish the fire.

One of the exposed boats sustained major damage, while another exposed boat sustained minor damage. The marina pier also suffered fire, heat, and smoke damage that was isolated to the area where the fire started. There were no injuries reported. It is believed the fire started from an electrical fault on the ski boat.

DeKalb County Fire Department’s Cookeville Highway, Liberty, Main stations, Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad, DeKalb Emergency Medical Services, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department responded to the incident.