A multimillion dollar yacht went up in flames today at a Daytona Beach yacht club, and investigators are trying to figure out what caused the blaze.

The owner of the 71-foot boat, Motor Yacht Princess Lauren, was in the shower a little after 7 a.m. when he heard a popping and booming noise coming from the master bedroom closet, Daytona Beach battalion Chief Dru Driscoll said.




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The man tried to extinguish the flames himself, and then people around him at Sunset Harbor Yacht Club & Conference Center ran to help, Driscoll said. No one was injured. Firefighters were summoned about 7:20 a.m. and found a large column of black smoke rising from the Princess Lauren, they said. Their work was complicated partly by 500 rounds of ammunition and a handgun the owner kept onboard that started popping as the heat became more intense, they said. The state Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of the fire.

71-foot boat destroyed at yacht club in Daytona Beach

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