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Laconia Daily Sun

LACONIA — Fire officials are still investigating the cause of a blaze which caused extensive damage to a storage building at Paugus Bay Marina in Lakeport Monday afternoon.
The fire broke out around 2:45 p.m. and quickly engulfed the building in flames, sending thick black smoke into the sky and attracting a crowd of boats to the foot of Paugus Bay.
Firefighters initially sought to protect boats which were parked near the building and in the marina's main storage facility, which is located only a hundred or so feet away from the older brick building.
No boats were in the facility according to marina owner Kevin Keenan, who said that there were mainly floats stored inside.
Keenan said the fire apparently started as a brush fire near the railroad tracks at the rear of the building.
He said that firefighters did an excellent job in bringing the fire under control and preventing it from damaging the boats stored outside.
Firefighters responded to the scene after seeing thick black smoke in the air as they started to return from extinguishing a brush fire along the WOW Trail where is crosses Moulton Street, to the rear of the NAPA Auto parts building.
No one was injured in the blaze.