Portland firefighters have extinguished a blaze that eruped at the Maine Yacht Center shortly after noon today.

Firefighters, however, continued to pour water on a section of dock near the center’s fuel pumping station, where the fire apparently started.

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Portland firefighters battle a fire caused by a fuel line break at the Maine Yacht Center off Kensington Street in East Deering today. The fire started around 12:15 p.m., according to Mike Billingslea, who lives in the adjacent neighborhood. He said he heard several pops possibly from the gas line and then several more possibly from the diesel line. on the ramp that connects the floating slips to the pier Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer

No one was injured in the blaze, and no damage to boats was reported.

Boaters were briefly prevented from accessing their boats while the fire was extinguished .

12:34 p.m.

Portland firefighters are responding to a blaze at 100 Kensington St., at the Maine Yacht Center.

Portland police said there was a fire at the center, and no injuries had been reported. Smoke could be seen rising above the Eastern Prom just after noon.

The center was previously seriously damaged in the 2007 Patriot’s Day storm.
 

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