Another Independence Day mishap: Boats on fire in Seattle's Lake Union [photos]

misstripleem | 1:29 AM on July 05, 2013

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Twitchy told you late tonight about the fireworks mishap in Simi Valley, Calif., that resulted in a reported 10-20+ injuries. More scary news out of the Pacific Northwest tonight: Boats are reportedly on fire in Lake Union, where fireworks were set off on individual vessels and where a formal show had been scheduled to start.

Here’s how it looked before the blazes started:

Thx4sharing! RT @H3MBY @AlexisASmith: Lots of boats in place for the fireworks on south end of Lake Union. pic.twitter.com/MVGAoaeOBg cool pic!

— ♡ sheri ♡ (@sherimiya) July 5, 2013

Lake Union anyone!? pic.twitter.com/rEgeCHRhc9

— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) July 5, 2013

View from west side of Lake Union pre fireworks.. Lots of boats! #KIRO7Fourth @KIRO7Seattle pic.twitter.com/x8e26kf4DP

— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) July 5, 2013

And then things went terribly wrong:

https://twitter.com/MikeDoiron_eh/status/353018636916645888

Black smoke from near gasworks park pic.twitter.com/s7HFFpsVJu

— Deborah Wang (@KUOWdebwang) July 5, 2013

Boats burning on North Lake Union http://t.co/Gb0UsHcFiw. More to come.

— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) July 5, 2013

Here's another photo of the thick smoke coming from the Lake Union fire. pic.twitter.com/Ub9NBQ25m3

— KOMO News (@komonews) July 5, 2013

Smoke from the boats on fire by lake union http://t.co/mCqARvrs41

— LuziaM (@LuziaM) July 5, 2013

https://twitter.com/jdavenpo/status/353022440215019520

Twitchy will monitor and update as news develops. Stay safe out there, people!

Update:

Whoa.

Boat fire near Lake Union — up to 5 boats on fire — they are stacked on top of each other. Photo by Walker Anderson pic.twitter.com/naYQvTZce7

— Q13 FOX Seattle (@Q13FOX) July 5, 2013