Boat Fire Podickory Point Yacht & Beach Club (Annapolis)
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2022
Time: 8:28 pm
Location/Address: 2116 Bay Front Terrace, Annapolis, MD 21409
Type of Incident: Boat Fire
Description of Structure/Property: 40-foot vessel, attached to the pier.
Injuries or Deaths: No Injuries
Estimated Dollar Loss: $305,000
Assisting Fire Departments: Annapolis Fire Department, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Annapolis Fire Department, Calvert County Fire & Rescue, EMS, Baltimore City Fire Department, Queen Anne's County Fire & EMS Commission.
Other Assisting agencies: Anne Arundel County Police, Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, and Maryland Department of Environment.
Number of Alarms: One alarm
Number of Responding Firefighters: 69
Time to Control: Approximately 3 hours
Preliminary Cause: Accidental
Additional Information: Firefighters responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a boat on fire at the Podickory Point Yacht & Beach Club. First arriving firefighters reported two boats fully involved with fire. It took 69 firefighters approximately three hours to extinguish the fire that spread to three vessels and two finger piers. The Anne Arundel County Fire and Explosives Investigators responded to the scene and are investigating. The initial cause of the fire is accidental, most likely an electrical malfunction.