HALL COUNTY, Ga. — Firefighters found several boats on fire when they were called out to a marina fire in Hall County early Friday morning.
Hall County Fire Services were called to the Aqualand Marina on Dock Q in Flowery Branch around 5:15 a.m.
Two houseboats and a tug boat were engulfed in flames when the first crews arrived. Two additional boats were damaged during the fire.
"When I first came out one boat was fully engulfed and I called 911 and grabbed the garden hose and drug it as far as I could,” said witness David Walters.
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Crews were able to put out the fire. No injuries were reported. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.
One boat sunk and another getting ready to go under after marina fire on Lake Lanier pic.twitter.com/OIULYyDWxI
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) February 3, 2017
Fire out that burned house boat and others at dock on Lake Lanier pic.twitter.com/c1J1NZZYtO
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) February 3, 2017
Charred wreckage of house boat at Aqualand Land on Lake Lanier pic.twitter.com/Gxei4BGHUO
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) February 3, 2017
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