Two individuals and their canine escaped a ship fireplace by leaping into the Ross Barnett Reservoir close to Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday, April 17, in line with local reports.
According to the Darkhorse Pressthe Reservoir Fire Department stated the vessel had simply had repairs executed when the boaters took it out on the water. On their means again to shore, the boaters heard a number of backfire sounds and noticed smoke billowing from the boat, prompting them to bail out with their canine, the report stated.
Other boaters got here to their assist, together with one who towed the burning boat to a touchdown on the reservoir’s south shore, the place firefighters extinguished the blaze, WAPT reported. Credit: Cindy Britton through Storyful