You’re drifting off to sleep when, suddenly, BOOM! The whole apartment shakes. It sounds like a warzone outside—explosions ripping through the air, rattling the windows, and making your heart pound. The harbor has erupted into chaos. That’s what residents of Marina del Rey woke up to as a luxury yacht packed with fireworks and 1,000 rounds of ammunition caught fire, turning the marina into something straight out of a disaster movie.

Lynn Rose, a local resident, said to ABC7, “We were sitting on the balcony, and we heard multiple explosions, and then just saw an absolute insane amount of smoke.” Like everyone else, she ran outside—despite safety concerns. “We immediately ran out of our houses because we have, you know, no instinct for survival and decided to go toward the flames.” Out there, residents saw the full spectacle: an enormous yacht fully engulfed in flames. “It looked like there were either fireworks or something, because there was a lot of stuff going off,” Rose recalled. “After about ten minutes, the whole boat caught up in flames.”

Firefighters arrived on the scene, confused by the sheer scale of the chaos. “We were dealing with not just the fire, but also the risk of explosions from the fireworks,” said the Los Angeles County Fire Department to Fire Rescue 1. Captain Pono Barnes explained how tricky it was to battle the blaze: “It’s very difficult with a boat fire in the harbor because you have limited access, and you can’t get a full 360 around the vessel with water.” Crews had to carefully balance dousing the flames without sinking the boat, all while dealing with the very real danger of live ammunition onboard. “We had to reposition our fireboats due to the risk of further explosions,” firefighters explained to Yahoo News.

Early reports had everyone on edge, with rumors swirling about a passenger suffering in the blaze. “Initial reports said that there was a person trapped, but after crews got on scene and did an assessment, there were no persons trapped and no injuries reported,” Barnes explained.

Rose wasn’t the only one stunned by the explosions; nearby boat owners and residents echoed her disbelief as they watched the fireworks ignite and the yacht collapse into a fiery inferno. The fire raged on, and while firefighters fought to keep it contained, the boat eventually sank, leaving debris scattered across the marina.

Thank goodness everyone is okay. But the big questions remain—how did this happen? Who packs a boat with that much firepower? Investigations are ongoing, and while the flames are out, Marina del Rey is left with a lot of wreckage—and even more to think about.