Boats catch fire; no injures

MIAMI (WSVN) -- Firefighters have put out the flames after a boat caught on fire at a South Florida dock.

The fire started on a boat docked at 1925 Brickell Avenue in Downtown Miami, Wednesday afternoon.

According to fire crews, a person was working on a 37-foot boat to change an engine part and then noticed the boat was in flames. The person tried to put the fire out with a dock hose, but the flames grew stronger and quickly spread to a 21-foot boat.

When firefighters arrived on the scene, they immediately checked for any passengers on board, but no one was inside.

Firefighters had a hard time putting out the fire because it was on a dock. They were able to use the hose on the dock and an extended water supply to get the blaze under control. "Whenever you deal with a dock type of issue, extending a water supply line always becomes a difficult part of fighting a fire on these docks," said Miami Fire Rescue Captain Alex Fernandez.

At first, firefighters were having water supply issues, but resolved the problem.

A 7News viewer captured the high flames from a near by area.

The fire has been put out. One of the boats that caught fire has sunk. It is unknown what caused the fire.

No one was injured.

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