Houseboat Slams into Gas Pump at KY Marina, Igniting Blaze

Aug. 12, 2023
Pickett County firefighters stopped the fire before it reached the restaurant at Sunset Marina on Dale Hollow Lake.

A houseboat struck a gas pump at a Kentucky marina Thursday night sparking a massive fire.

Sunset Marina General Manager Brad Richardson sustained second-degree burns and was flown to a Nashville hospital for treatment while Tom Allen, the owner, was transported for smoke inhalation, marina officials said in a statement on its Facebook page.

No customer boats or slips were damaged.

Firefighters stopped the fire before it reached the restaurant, but it sustained smoke damage, according to Wired2Fish.

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