{"id":1739,"date":"2024-12-10T01:02:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2024-12-10T01:02:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T01:02:13","slug":"ferry-crew-and-firefighters-respond-to-burning-boat-off-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=1739","title":{"rendered":"Ferry Crew and Firefighters Respond to Burning Boat Off Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Ferry Crew and Firefighters Respond to Burning Boat Off Seattle<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday afternoon, a boat caught fire just off the downtown Seattle waterfront, sparking a full-scale response from the Coast Guard and local fire and rescue agencies.<\/p>\n<p>At about noon, the Coast Guard received a report of a boat on fire near Duwamish Head Light, just off the northern tip of West Seattle. The Seattle Fire Department dispatched the fireboat <em>Chief Seattle <\/em>to the scene, and Coast Guard Station Seattle dispatched two fast response boats. The ferry <em>Chimacum<\/em> diverted to assist, along with several other good Samaritan vessels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The boat&#8217;s owner quickly abandoned ship to escape the flames, and he was rescued by a good Samaritan vessel. He was transferred to shore for medical evaluation, and declined further assistance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Chief Seattle <\/em>arrived on scene and put out the fire, and the fireboat briefly took the wreck in tow. It was soon relieved by a commercial towing service operator, who towed the boat towards the 32nd Avenue West beach access point on the north side of the bay. Before it could arrive, the fire-damaged boat sank.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allowtransparency=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/video\/embed\/946122\" width=\"800\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The wreck has been boomed off and a dive team will remove an estimated 250 gallons of fuel from the vessel&#8217;s tanks. The owner has contracted with a salvor for the removal of the remains of the hull.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s crucial that mariners with installed VHF radios onboard monitor Channel 16 for incidents like these,&#8221; said Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Bower, the commanding officer of Station Seattle. &#8220;Our Coast Guard Reservists were able to respond alongside our Seattle Fire partners and confirm no additional people were in the water with the Good Samaritan on scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritime-executive.com\/article\/ferry-crew-and-firefighters-respond-to-burning-boat-off-seattle\">Go to maritime executive<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferry Crew and Firefighters Respond to Burning Boat Off Seattle \u00a0 On Sunday afternoon, a boat caught fire just off the downtown Seattle waterfront, sparking a full-scale response from the Coast Guard and local fire and rescue agencies. At about noon, the Coast Guard received a report of a boat on fire near Duwamish Head [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maritime-executive","tag-maritime-executive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}