VANCOUVER – Several boat owners at two marinas on the South Coast should be checking with their insurance companies after unrelated overnight incidents.
A fire at Park Isle Marine in Sooke, west of Victoria, has destroyed three boats and damaged a building in the boat yard.
All three vessels were on land, having work done at the boat yard when flames broke out just after 5 a.m. Friday, quickly spreading to a nearby shop building.
No one was hurt and a cause of the blaze is under investigation.
Meanwhile, Vancouver Police say a 31-year-old man is in custody after several boats were vandalized late Thursday night at the Coal Harbour Marina in downtown Vancouver.
Officers had to use a police dog and the emergency response team to arrest the man when he barricaded himself in the engine room of one boat after smashing it and several others with a large hook, causing significant damage.
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