DISCOVERY BAY — A fire aboard an unoccupied pleasure boat that forced dozens of guests from their condominiums at Trendwest Resorts early Sunday is being investigated as being of suspicious origin.
Thirty-five to 40 guests were evacuated from their rooms at about 1:30 a.m. when a burning, 24-foot Bayliner broke loose from a nearby dock and drifted dangerously close to a condominium unit at the resort, on the west side of Discovery Bay.
Jefferson County Fire District No. 5 and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the cause of the fire.
“Right now we’re ruling it as suspicious,” District No. 5 Chief Ben Cooper said.
No one was injured when the fire started aboard the boat — tied up at a private dock neighboring the resort — and burned through the ropes that were holding it to the dock, Cooper said.
“This really could have been bad,” he said at the scene.
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