{"id":9539,"date":"2016-10-19T15:06:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T19:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=9539"},"modified":"2016-10-19T15:07:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T19:07:36","slug":"brick-boat-fire-update-1968-model-vessel-exploded-after-refueling-operator-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2016\/10\/brick-boat-fire-update-1968-model-vessel-exploded-after-refueling-operator-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Boat Fire Update: 1968 Model Vessel Exploded After Refueling, Operator Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bpO25yYQGXM?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The boat that exploded at Comstock Marina in Brick Tuesday was a 26-foot, 1968 model Pacemaker, fire officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is under investigation by New Jersey State Police since it occurred on a waterway, but Kevin Batzel, chief of the Brick Township\u00a0Bureau of Fire\u00a0Prevention, said inspectors determined the boat ignited when its owner started the engine after refueling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe went to start it, and obviously there was a buildup of vapors in the rear of the boat, and it ignited,\u201d Batzel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was able to get himself over the side of the boat and landed on the dock,\u201d Batzel said of the owner, whose name was not released publicly.<\/p>\n<p>The man suffered minor burns and was taken to Ocean Medical Center for treatment. The fire also affected two other boats at the marina, which suffered moderate damage after the burning boat floated into them. It took firefighters about 45 minutes to bring the blaze under control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the boat burned to the waterline and it sunk,\u201d said Batzel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9540\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_5936.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9540\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_5936-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters remain on the scene of a boat fire at Comstock Marina in Brick. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"618\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_5936-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_5936-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_5936-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_5936-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_5936-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters remain on the scene of a boat fire at Comstock Marina in Brick. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A small amount of fuel leaked into Barnegat Bay, which was reported to the state Department of Environmental Protection. A crew from TowBoatUS was called in to clean up the leak and remove the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>All of Brick\u2019s fire companies responded, led by Chief Tim Cranmer of the Laurelton Fire Company. The township\u2019s two fire boats \u2013 one from each of the two fire districts \u2013 fought the blaze from the water.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2016\/10\/brick-boat-fire-update-1968-model-vessel-exploded-after-refueling-operator-injured\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The boat that exploded at Comstock Marina in Brick Tuesday was a 26-foot, 1968 model Pacemaker, fire officials said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[83,24,2515],"class_list":["post-9539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-police-fire-courts","tag-boat-fire","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-comstock-marina"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screen-Shot-2016-10-19-at-2.55.59-PM.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-2tR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}