A yacht that was being rented by music producer and rap artist Metro Boomin burst into flames in Miami on Sunday.
The 95-foot boat docked in the Miami River at around 3am outside the strip club Booby Trap on the River, workers at the club told Local 10 News.
But after about 15 or 30 minutes, someone said they smelled smoke coming from the massive vessel.
Strip club employees helped evacuate the roughly 15 guests that were staying on the boat, including Metro Boomin, real name Leland Tyler Wayne.
‘Around 3 o’clock, the boat arrived. It was Metro Boomin,’ said Michael Marhefka, Director of Security at the Booby Trap on the River.
‘The boat pulled up and they were on the boat maybe 30 minutes at the dock and we noticed what sounded like fire alarms going off. When we looked at the boat we did see some smoke inside the boat. We made the determination to evacuate the boat immediately.’
Videos posted to social media of the chaotic fire showed scantily clad dancers and patrons of the strip club running out of the establishment after it too was evacuated out of caution.
The yacht was seen burning for hours with extraordinarily high flames. Just before 7am, the vessel sunk into the river.
Pictured: The 95-foot yacht rented by Metro Boomin, 31, burst into flames on Sunday morning. It was docked outside a Miami strip club called Booby Trap on the River
Metro Boomin, real name Leland Tyler Wayne, hasn’t publicly addressed the incident but escaped the yacht unharmed
Witnesses told NBC 6 South Florida that the fire was incredibly large and unexpected, scaring many people nearby.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said when firefighters got to the scene at around 4:05am, they found ‘a yacht fully engulfed in flames. Fire crews immediately conducted a fire attack from both land and water. The firefight was made difficult due to the vessel’s size and fuel load,’ the Miami-Herald reported.
At one point, the some 30 firefighters who responded to the area tried to use a ladder truck to attack the flames from the air.
The crews were able to put out the fire but the yacht was declared a total loss after it sunk.
‘Because of how much water the vessel took on, she ended up rolling and capsizing at the dock, and unfortunately, taking two pylons with her,’ MDFR spokesperson Nicholas DiGiacomo.
No injuries were reported, and official said the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Metro Boomin – who has collaborated with artists such as Travis Scott, Drake, Weeknd, 21 Savage and Young Thug – hasn’t publicly addressed the incident after he escaped the yacht unharmed.
