STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — Firefighters quickly extinguished a boat fire Wednesday afternoon at a home in Stuart, preventing the flames from spreading, officials said.
According to Martin County Fire Rescue, crews responded just before 3 p.m. to the 1600 block of Northwest Fork Road after reports of a boat on fire.
When firefighters arrived, they found thick black smoke billowing from a small boat sitting on a lift at a residential dock. Crews located the nearest fire hydrant and quickly knocked down the flames before the fire could spread…