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Two boats at Big Ridge Yacht Club have received $80,000 in damage after a fire broke out around 11:40 Friday night.
A boat owner called 911 to report his boat was on fire at 1940 Hixson Marina Road, according to a news release.
The owner had awoken to smoke in the boat cabin and found smoke coming from an electrical box in a closet, Dallas Bay Volunteer Fire Department Chief Markus Fritts said in the release. The owner left the boat to get a fire extinguisher and returned to find the boat fully involved with fire.
The boat owner released his boat from the dock so the entire dock would not catch fire, but when he cut his boat loose, his boat traveled close to a second boat which also caught fire.
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