On the morning of May 22nd the station was called by central dispatch notifying us that the motor yacht Princess Lauren was on fire at the Daytona Beach Yacht Club. The station responded to the fire with the 23' UTL in order to assist the Daytona fire department battle the blaze. Once onscene the 23' crew took firefighters onboard and battled the blaze from the vessels starboard side, which could not be accessed from the dock. Complicating response efforts was 500 rounds of ammunition the owner of the yacht had onboard which presented a danger to all those involved. In all over 200 gallons of foam were used, ultimately the vessel sank in 6' of water but continued to burn for most of the day. The yachts value was estimated to be $3.5 million.
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