Courtesy National Park Service
National Park Service rangers and Boulder City firefighters extinguish a boat fire in the Boulder Beach campground caused by ignited fuel vapors. No injuries were reported.
Friday, April 22, 2011 | 1:28 p.m.
National Park Service rangers and Boulder City firefighters extinguish a boat fire in the Boulder Beach campground caused by ignited fuel vapors. No injuries were reported.
Boulder City firefighters and National Park Service rangers extinguished a boat fire Friday morning at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Park dispatchers were notified of the fire at 10:39 a.m. Responders evacuated campers from the area as they fought the fire, which burned a tent and surrounding brush. No one was injured.
According to park investigators, the boat’s operator was filling the trailered boat’s tank from a gas container when he unintentionally hit the ignition switch. Officials said they believe the ignition switch caused a spark that ignited the fuel vapors.
The boat operator and family were from Las Vegas.
In August 2009, five Las Vegas residents were injured when fuel vapors ignited and their boat exploded at the Callville Bay Marina fuel dock.
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