Video shows a 50-foot sailboat that caught fire early Friday in Deerfield Beach.

The Broward Sheriff's Fire Rescue said it responded to the vessel fully involved in flames at around 3 a.m. at the dock located behind 1630 Southeast 5th Court.

Video from an NBC6 viewer shows them attempting to put out the flames by spraying them with a hose, but they are forced to step back due to the heat.

"It's too hot," he says. "Oh my God it's burning my face."

Then, to someone off camera, he says: "Be careful, it could explode, let's move back... oh my God, where's the fire department?"

About 50 firefighters and a fire boat from Port Everglades responded to the scene and were able to extinguish the flames.

No injuries were reported, but authorities said "some fuel was unrecoverable and entered the

See Full Page