One person was taken to hospital with what were described as 鈥渟ignificant鈥� injuries after a boat exploded into flames at the Grant Narrows Boat launch in Pitt Lake Sunday around noon.
Pitt Meadows Fire Chief Mike Larsson said the woman was with a group of people who were preparing to take a older 21-foot power wake ski boat out for the first time since it had been stored for the winter.
鈥淲hen they fired it up to leave the dock, it exploded,鈥� Larsson told the Maple Ridge 鈥� Pitt Meadows News.
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The injured woman was transported to hospital by air ambulance with what are believed to be second-degree burns to both legs and first- and second-degree burns to one arm.
The explosion was possibly the result of a fuel vapor leak, Larsson said.
The fire spread to a piling on the dock, but crews using water from their tanks were able to get the blaze under control despite the lack of a fire hydrant.
Larsson said a man in a boat volunteered to tow the burned-out 21-footer to shore.
鈥淚t was burnt to the waterline,鈥� Larsson said, 鈥� we didn鈥檛 want it sinking.鈥�
Crews were on scene for several hours.
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