A large hearth engulfed a 95-foot yacht close to a strip membership near Miami Worldwide Airport within the wee hours of Sunday morning (January 19).
The vessel, reportedly rented by famend producer Metro Boomin, was totally ablaze when the Miami-Dade Hearth Rescue (MDFR) workforce arrived at roughly 4:05 a.m. on the 3600 block of Northwest South River Drive.
Firefighters tackled the blaze from each land and water, going through challenges as a result of yacht’s measurement and substantial gas load.
BREAKING: Metro Boomin’s rented yacht went up in flames in a single day shortly after he arrived at @BoobyTrap247. Sources inform me Metro was within the membership when a speaker onboard sparked the fireplace. Nobody was injured & the boat sank after firefighters put out the flames
🎥 @ThatDancer pic.twitter.com/WhIXeZU3v7
— Tony M. Centeno (@_tonyMC) January 19, 2025
The reason for the fireplace stays beneath investigation, and happily, no accidents have been reported. In accordance with WPLG-Channel 10, Metro Boomin and about 15 friends and crew members aboard the yacht have been safely evacuated. Workers from B#### Lure on The River, the close by strip membership, confirmed Metro Boomin’s presence among the many evacuees.
“Round 3 o’clock the boat arrived, it was Metro Boomin,” Michael Marhefka, director of safety on the B#### Lure on the River, instructed Native 10 Information. “The boat pulled up and so they have been on the boat possibly half-hour on the dock and we observed what gave the impression of hearth alarms going off. After we appeared on the boat we did see some smoke contained in the boat. We made the dedication to evacuate the boat instantly.”
As soon as the fireplace was extinguished, firefighters labored to include gas runoff utilizing specialised oil spill response tools. They shortly deployed oil-absorbent booms—sleeves made from extremely absorbent materials designed to absorb oil and floor sheen and received it beneath management.
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