Skip to content

Boats damaged after fire breaks out

NorfolkBroadsForum Three boats on fireNorfolkBroadsForum
The fire service was called to a boatyard on the River Chet at Chedsgrave on Monday afternoon

Boats have been damaged following a fire on the edge of the Norfolk Broads.

Norfolk Fire and Rescue service was called to a boatyard on Pits Lane in Chedgrave, near Loddon, at 15:41 BST on Monday.

Dozens of firefighters, from seven stations across Norfolk and East Suffolk, attended the blaze which took two hours to put out.

Pacific Cruisers, a boating holiday company, posted on social media about the incident and said "no body has been injured or hurt".

NorfolkBroadsForum Boats destroyed by fire as flames start to die downNorfolkBroadsForum
Pacific Cruisers says the fire spread quickly
Pacific Cruisers A partly sunken fire damaged boat with another fire damaged boat in the backgroundPacific Cruisers
Following the blaze one of the boats could be seen almost fully submerged

Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.

More on this story
Related internet links