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150 firefighters respond to massive NY marina fire

Eight volunteer fire departments battled burning house boats and icy docks

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PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — Two houseboats and a smaller boat were destroyed in a raging fire at a marina on Long Island overnight Monday.

The Port Washington fire department responded to a call of a boat fire in the Haven Marina on Manhasset Bay in Port Washington just after 2 a.m. Upon arrival, they located a fully-involved houseboat.

The fire then spread to a smaller boat and another houseboat. In total, eight fire departments and 150 firefighters responded to the scene.

Full story: 2 houseboats, smaller boats destroyed in Port Washington marina fire