I left work at (The Dive Little Corn shop), and someone walking by said that a boat was on fire. So we looked out into the bay and saw the M&G Lobster boat was smoking. We saw a few flames, and watched for 10 minutes. The flames grew to a large fire, some boats tried to go out to see what they could do, but the fire was out of control. The boats left as they feared an explosion from the propane tanks onboard. And shortly after, the boat exploded! (as I caught on my video https://vimeo.com/worldscubatrip/boatexplosionlittlecornisland) Everyone was shocked and frightened. The flames raged for about a hour before some men put the flames out. A fisherman told me, later that evening, that all his possessions and money were onboard, and he'd lost everything. The woman from Mango's pizza gave the fisherman some food that evening. It was a sad day for Little Corn. No one is sure of the cause of the fire yet, but fortunately no one was injured.
