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No civilian or first
responder injuries were reported, but two condo units are
extensively damaged after a two-alarm fire engulfed condos
overnight on Longboat Key.
Longboat Key Fire Rescue units were
dispatched to the scene at 3:10 a.m. and arrived at 3:13
a.m., according to Longboat Key Fire Rescue spokesperson
Tina Adams. The fires impacted two units at the Dock on the
Bay condominium complex, which includes several separate
buildings at 3440 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Only one building
with two units was damaged by the fire, Adams said, but the
damage was “extensive.”
“The fire was through the roof of the second floor,” Adams
said.
Adams said units 8 and 9 were damaged in the fire.
Longboat Key Fire Rescue’s Fire Marshal and the Florida
State Fire Marshal are on scene to determine the cause of
the fire. Adams said it is standard procedure for the State
Fire Marshal to take over the investigation for structure
fires.
The fire, which was reported at 3:10 a.m., was under control
at 4:05 a.m. and extinguished at 4:46 a.m. Frank Biondello,
Jr., the marina manager who helps with site management
during the offseason, said there were people in one of the
units nearby, but that they were not displaced.
“The building has been secured. The Fire Marshals have
released it back to us. The preliminary, I say preliminary
with a capital P, is that it was a lightning strike, so
significant amount of damage from the fire,” Biondello said.
“Fortunately it was isolated to those two buildings.” |