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IN STONINGTON TODAY... A
FIRE AT A BOATYARD DESTROYED
AND DAMAGED SEVERAL BOATS.
BUT... THAT'S NOT THE ONLY
TROUBLE IT CAUSED. NEWS
EIGHT'S TINA DETELJ TAKES A
LOOK AT HOW THE FIRE...
AFFECTED THOSE RIDING THE
RAILS.
[NAT OF WATER]FIREFIGHTERS
ARRIVED AT DODSON'S BOAT YARD
JUST MINUTES AFTER THIS SMOKY
FIRE WAS REPORTED BUT THEY
COULDN'T START FIGHTING IT FOR
ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR.[CHIEF
JEFFREY HOADLEY/STONINGTON
BOROUGH FIRE][13:49-14:00]
((WHEN WE ARRIVED THE POWER
LINES WERE DOWN OVER THE
BOATS. WERE ON TOP OF THE
BOATS. SO WE COULDN'T DO
ANYTHING UNTIL THE POWER WAS
TURNED OFF.))AFTER THAT THEY
WORKED QUICKLY. THE BOAT YARD
SITS RIGHT UP AGAINST THE
TRAIN TRACKS SO 25-THOUSAND
VOLTS OF POWER HAD TO BE CUT
OFF TO AMTRAK AS WELL AS MOST
OF STONINGTON BOROUGH. THIS
LEFT FOUR TRAINS AND TWO
THOUSAND PASSENGERS WAITING
WHILE THEY FOUGHT THE FIRE...
A LADDER TRUCK EXTENDING OVER
THE TRACKS. WORKERS AT DOG
WATCH CAFE WERE SETTING UP FOR
LUNCH WHEN THE POWER LINES
CAUGHT FIRE.[TONY GILRUTH/DOG
WATCH CAFE][3:49-4:01]((YOU
COULD SEE THE LINES JUST GOING
DOWN. THEY WERE JUST SNAPPING
FROM THE FIRE. PRETTY SCARY
SITE. DANGEROUS TOO. OH
ABSOLUTELY.))FIRE CREWS WERE
ABLE TO CONTAIN MOST OF THE
DAMAGE TO FIVE BOATS WHICH THE
CHIEF SAYS WERE DESTROYED BY
THE FAST MOVING FLAMES. OTHER
BOATS SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.
[TINA DETELJ/TINA.DET
ELJ@WTNH.COM]
[42:42-42:51]((FORTUNATELY NO
FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED.
THERE WERE EVEN MORE CONCERNS
THAN THESE DOWNED POWER LINES.
THERE WAS ALSO A REAL FEAR OF
EXPLOSIONS.))[CHIEF JEFFREY
HOADLEY/STONINGTON BOROUGH
FIRE][18:32-18:((YOU KNOW
THERE'S PROPANE TANKS DOWN
THERE. THERE'S GASOLINE
TANKS.))DEEP WAS ALSO ON HAND
TO MONITOR WATER RUNOFF WHICH
WENT RIGHT INTO STORM DRAINS
BELOW THE BOATS.[CHIEF JEFFREY
HOADLEY/STONINGTON BOROUGH
FIRE][18:15-18:22]((GASOLINE,
DIESEL FUEL, ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WAS WASHED OUT OF THOSE
BOATS IS NOW PROBABLY HEADED
DEEP SAYS THERE ARE NO MAJOR
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. ABOUT
THREE HOURS AFTER THE FIRE
STARTED THE FIRST OF THE
DELAYED AMTRAK TRAINS BEGAN
ROLLING AGAIN. IN STONINGTON
TINA DETELJ NEWS8.