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July 3, 2007

Dock and 3 boats are burning in Portsmouth

A commericial dock and three boats are burning in Portsmouth near the Mount Hope Bridge.

Just after 6 p.m., there was a plume of black smoke drifting 300 to 400 feet in the air. The smoke could be seen for miles. Flames could also be seen across Mount Hope Bay in Bristol.

At 6:30, the Portsmouth fire department said that a wooden lobster boat, a tug boat and a barge with a crane were on fire.

The dock is about a half of a mile southwest of the bridge.

--- Journal staff writer Mike Szostak

Posted by Peter Phipps  at 6:17 PM | Permalink

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