Crime & Safety
Eastern Yacht Club Fire Blamed on Electrical Malfunction
Quick work by area firefighters prevented a three-alarm fire from consuming the historic building early Friday morning.
An early-morning three-alarm fire that broke out at the Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead Friday is being blamed on an electrical malfunction, a fire official said.
At 11:56 p.m., local police and fire units responded to a fire on the third floor of the 47 Foster St. yacht club, Fire Capt. Michael Porter said.
"Just getting the first lines up to the third floor was a monumental undertaking," Porter said, adding "they did a great job working through some difficult conditions."
Although the blaze was contained shortly before 2 a.m., Porter said fire apparatus from a handful of North Shore departments remained on scene until 5 a.m.
Fire investigators later determined that a junction box leading to a chandelier on the second floor overheated and sparked the blaze.
Firefighters from Marblehead, Swampscott, Beverly, Nahant, Lynn, Lynnfield, Salem and Peabody assisted at the scene.
There were no reported injuries.
Marblehead Patch will continue to update this story as information is released.
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