August 3, 2015 — GLOUCESTER, MA — Five people on the Gloucester fishing boat Amanda Marie were evacuated shortly after noon today when a fire broke out on board.
No one reported any injuries, according to Harbormaster Jim Caulkett.
Capt. Mike Parisi, who owns and operates the 35-foot Duffy as a charter boat, said the vessel was on the oceanside of Ten Pound Island when they first “smelled something that smelled like smoke” from a fire that started started somewhere below deck. An unnamed gillnet fishing vessel came alongside the Amanda Marie, and the five people transferred from the burning boat to it, according to Caulkett.
Read the full story at the Gloucester Daily Times