Article: Burning boat seen before warehouse fire Firefighter killed, 6 hurt in Charlestown

and Debbie Kong, Contributing Reporter

Contributing reporters Rick Dorsey, Shawn Terry and Taylor

Batten assisted in the preparation of this report.

Fire investigators are seeking a small boat seen ablaze at the end of a Charlestown pier shortly before a warehouse on the pier exploded into a nine-alarm fire that killed a fire lieutenant and injured six other firefighters -- two critically.

Witnesses told fire officials that they saw a 14-foot runabout on fire next to the pier before the pier and warehouse fire started at 12:30 a.m., according to Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald.

Fire Lt. Stephen F. Minehan, a 20-year veteran and Dorchester father of four, died while ...

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