Fire destroys 7 townhomes and a boat in Punta Gorda’s Emerald Pointe community

Fire crews are battling a residential fire that has now destroyed at least seven homes in the Emerald Pointe community on Marion Avenue in Punta Gorda Wednesday afternoon.

This was a two-story condo building with multiple homes inside, all of which were destroyed.

Charlotte County Fire and EMS said the fire jumped a canal and also set a boat on fire.

And, almost eight hours later, firefighters are still at the scene and dousing the remnants of the building with water. State fire marshal investigators are trying to determine how this fire started.

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