Alaska Coast Guard Sector Helps Battle Tanker Fire

Alaska Coast Guard Sector Helps Battle Tanker Fire

U.S. Coast Guard members in Alaska, with the help of the Port of Alaska and the Anchorage Fire Department, battled a fire the night of Nov. 18 on the Atlantic Lily, a 600-foot foreign-flagged tank vessel. Crew members used fire hoses to put out the fire, which apparently occurred around 10 p.m. when “thick, black smoke was seen billowing from the exhaust stack,” followed “by a loud boom and flames,” according to the Coast Guard. The vessel was apparently transferring jet fuel at the time, the Guard said. USCG said there were no injuries or pollution reported at the time…
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