Boat engine fire persists near Cabbage Island, Kennebec County ME


A boat near Cabbage Island in Linekin Bay has an outboard engine fire that keeps reigniting. The people on board have moved to the bow and are wearing life jackets. The fire is not yet fully extinguished.
Audio|Source: Kennebec River and MidCoast Region VHF Marine
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00:00
We extinguished the fire on the outboard, but it keeps re-igniting, and I can't seem to get anyone to get it out, so we're just up on the bow.
00:07
I've never had a vehicle with that before, but that's pretty easy.
00:10
Y'all like that. Brutus just cut the top where...
00:14
We're down in here trying to catch back dolls.
00:16
You walk in that pocket? Do you know?
00:18
So fire is extinguished? 0-3 on board.
00:23
Do you have life jackets for everybody on board? Over?
00:26
Coast Guard, the fire is not extinguished.
00:29
We have life jackets on, though.
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Kennebec County, ME
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