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A burning boat drifted toward the
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Bayshore shoreline Wednesday afternoon,
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sending firefighters and police marine
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crews into action near Nikki's on the
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Bay. The boat was unoccupied.
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Firefighters were handling another
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emergency when the call came in on
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October 7th. Fire Chief John Ippolito
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learned the vessel was drifting toward
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South Penataquit Avenue and redirected
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crews to intercept it.
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>> All right, fire boat's going to put in a
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one hand line in operation. The crew of
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the boat that's on fire. We're going to
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be opening up and start fire attack.
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>> Firefighters found smoke coming from the
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cabin, but the boat was about 10 ft from
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the bulkhead, beyond their immediate
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reach. As the department's fireboat
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responded, crews positioned themselves
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along the shoreline. A Suffolk County
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Police Marine boat helped bring the
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vessel against the bulkhead. Crews
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secured it so firefighters could safely
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board. For the latest breaking news,
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