GRIMES, Iowa — A Grimes man is hospitalized with serious burns after the boat he was working on caught fire.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 2:16 p.m. Monday reporting a boat on fire at a home in the 300 block of SW Kennybrook Drive.
The caller said 37-year-old David Boots was working on his boat in his garage when the engine caught fire. Boots was taken to a local hospital with serious burns.
The Johnston/Grimes Fire Department contained the fire to the garage. Minimal damage was reported.