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AND IT'S BACKED UP IN THE
SAUGUS STRETCH GETTING TO THE
TOBIN BRIDGE IN WE ARE
FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS--
WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING
NEWS IN NEWTON.
FIREFIGHTERS WORKING TO STOP
THE MASSIVE BOAT FIRE FROM
SPREADING AT THE NEWTON YACHT
CLUB.
SEE THE HUGE FLAMES.
SUSIE SOMETIMEELS IS LIVE WITH
THE LATE -- STEIMLE IS LIVE AT
THE SCENE WITH THE LATEST FOR
US.
Reporter: WELL, I JUST
CAUGHT UP WITH THE PIO AT
NEWTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ONCE
AGAIN AND HE TELLS ME RIGHT NOW
SINCE THE FIRE IS OUT, THE
FOCUS IS ON MINIMIZING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT HERE AT
THE NEWTON YACHT CLUB.
THEY HAVE GOT HELP FROM A
MARINA CREW THAT WILL DEPLOY A
BOON AROUND THE BOAT VRT FIRE
TOOK PLACE AND CONTAIN ANY GAS
AND DEBRIS THEY CAN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO, YOU
CAN SEE JUST HOW BAD THE DAMAGE
IS TO THE BOATS.
THEY CAUGHT FIRE JUST AFTER
3:30 IN THE MORNING.
AND THE CREWS HERE HAD QUITE A
TOUGH TIME EXTENG WISHING THE
FLAMES BECAUSE THEY WERE SO FAR
AWAY ABOUT #,000 FEET AWAY FROM
-- 4,000 FEET AWAY FROM THE
NEAREST FIRE HYDRANT AND WE
TALKED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
ABOUT THAT NOT LONG AGO.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S RIGHT THERE
IN THE RIVER, SURROUNDED BY
WATER, IT'S NOT A GOOD PLACE
FOR US TO DRAFT OUT OF SO WE
AREFORCED TO USE HYDRANTS AND
WE ARE HERE ON THE NEWTON
BOSTON LINE SO THE CLOSEST
HYDRANTS ARE NOT ON THE LINE
THEY ARE BACK AWAYS.
Reporter: SO VERY BUSY
MORNING HERE AT THE NEWTON
YACHT CLUB A COUPLE DEVASTATED
BOAT OWNERS FINDING OUT THE TWO
BOATS HERE WERE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT
THE CAUSE IS AND AGAIN THE
BIGGEST FOCUS FOR THE CREWS ON
THE SCENE IS MINIMIZING ANY
SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
THAT COULD BE DONE AFTER THE