FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – First responders rushed to the scene of a boat fire Thursday outside a home in Broward County.
Firefighters arrived to a home located along the 3500 block of Northwest 35th Street in Lauderdale Lakes just before 6:30 p.m. Thursday and found a 20-foot vessel fully engulfed in flames.
Crews worked quickly to extinguish the fire, which they said was contained to the boat, with minor damage to the adjacent home.
One man was taken by helicopter to Broward Health Medical Center as a result of the fire, officials said.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office was requested to investigate the cause of the fire.