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Jessica Nolte

Remains of Spirit of Norfolk towed to shipyard after 5-day blaze consumed the dinner cruise ship

NORFOLK, Va. — What remains of the Spirit of Norfolk after a nearly five-day blaze was towed early Sunday morning to a privately owned shipyard in the historic Berkley section of Norfolk.

The boat was taken along the Norfolk waterfront from Naval Station Norfolk — where crews extinguished the fire — to Colonna’s Shipyard.

The blaze broke out around midday Tuesday when more than 100 passengers were on board — many of them children — but no injuries were reported.

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