On November 5, 2023, about 0900, a fire broke out aboard the fishing vessel Whiskey Business while it was moored at the Safe Harbor Marina in Orrs Cove in Harpswell, Maine. No one was on board at the time of the fire, and local fire departments extinguished the fire. There were no injuries, and no pollution was reported. Damage to the vessel was estimated at $1 million.
We determined that the probable cause of the fire on board the fishing vessel Whiskey Business was a fault within an electrical soft start control device, possibly due to exposure to saltwater, for an air conditioning unit located under a bench in the vessel’s cabin.
