A Suffolk firefighter suffered minor burns while battling a boat fire on Streeter Creek late Tuesday afternoon.
Suffolk Fire & Rescue was dispatched shortly after 4 p.m. to a dock behind a home on Burbage Acres Drive, where a 21-foot vessel and part of the dock had caught fire, 13 News Now reports.
The boat eventually drifted away from the dock, but firefighters extinguished the flames using a portable pump.
One firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor burns but is expected to recover.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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