The Latest: Welding may have sparked fire on Boblo boat
DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on a fire that struck a boat once used to ferry passengers to an island amusement park in the Detroit River (all times local):
5:50 p.m.
Investigators say welding may have sparked the fire that struck a boat that once carried passengers to an island amusement park in the Detroit River.
The SS Ste. Claire caught fire about 11:30 a.m. Friday while docked at a marina east of downtown Detroit. The Ste. Claire is one of two steamships that traveled for decades between Detroit and Boblo Island in Canada, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) away. The amusement park closed in 1993.