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Burning Boat Fire Cause Still Being Sought

The cause of the Tuesday, Dec. 12, overnight fire that burned up the sailboat Panache, which was beached weeks ago in Lower Township, is still undetermined. The Cape May County Herald reports Lower Township Police received a call at 6:56 a.m. Dec. 12 saying the boat, which had been beached near the Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area, was on fire. Police were looking for any security video that might lead to the cause, but along with the possibility of arson, investigators are not ruling out an electrical short as the cause, but it would be difficult to determine if there was enough power in the boat’s battery to cause a fire.

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