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Space heater causes sailboat fire

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Anne Arundel County firefighters battled a blaze on a sailboat docked at Holiday Hill Marina Thursday night.

Fire officials responded to 3912 Calawasse Road just before 7:40 p.m for a report of a fire. When crews arrived they found a 30-foot sailboat on fire in a private slip at the Holiday Hill Marina. 

No one was injured in the fire.

Authorities said the fire was accidental, caused by a space heater.