Coast Guard responds to boat fire

SEATTLE - Coast Guard Video: Coast Guard Group/Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., began this year's boating season responding to a call about a vessel fire and explosion in the vicinity of Pillar Point and a separate report of a partially submerged vessel near Burrows Bay May 5, 2007.

Group Port Angeles received a report at 12:40 p.m. of a vessel fire midway between Port Angeles and Neah Bay, Wash., near Pillar Point. The one confirmed person onboard was rescued by a crew onboard West Coast One, a Canadian whale watching vessel, after being in the water for 20 minutes. He was then airlifted and transported to Olympic Medical Center by a Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew.

There is no further information available on the status of the person who was medically evacuated or information pertaining to his vessel.

Sector Seattle, the Department of Ecology and the National Response Center were notified of possible pollutants in the vicinity of the incident and the scene will be investigated.

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[casams1992]

I Love The United States Coast Guard! <3

semper paratus

[hmsss113]

Great vid, thanks

[thresher4]

Great job,just another day.

[lynette1953]

hey my wife is stationed there :)

[zomgFletch]

That was an ENORMOUS fire.