US Coast Guard Responds to Vessel on Fire
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Coast Guard Station Pensacola responds to vessel on fire
Coast Guard Station Pensacola assisted Orange Beach Fire Department
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NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard responded to a vessel that caught fire approximately 4 nautical miles south of Perdido Pass, Alabama, Saturday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 2 p.m. that the charter vessel Hoss Fly III was on fire off the coast of Perdido Pass.
All eight passengers aboard were transferred to a good Samaritan vessel. There were no injuries reported.
Sector watchstanders directed the launch of a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Pensacola to assist Orange County Fire Department in the response.
The crew arrived on scene at 2:30 p.m., and the fire was declared extinguished at 2:49 p.m.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
-USCG-
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