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Pier fire in Seattle

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Video shows Seattle Fire Department’s Leschi operating at a pier fire.

KING 5 reports:

A fireboat was called in to help fight a fire under Pier 56 on the Seattle waterfront on Saturday afternoon.

The fire did not appear to impact operation of the Great Wheel, which is on the adjacent Pier 57.

Firefighters quickly got the fire under control.

There were no injuries.

It’s not known if the pier’s structure has been compromised.

SHARK WEEK SPECIAL: Accident survivor circled by shark

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According to the news report, this 49 year old male was treading water for more than 20 hours after a boat accident in Australia.  Completely naked, a news helicopter locates the victim, just as a shark begins to circle him.

Boat fire in Baltimore, MD

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Fire boats from Baltimore City, Maryland respond to a boat fire at the Anchorage Marina in Southeast Baltimore.

WBAL-TV Reports:

No injuries were reported  in a boat fire at the Anchorage Marina.

Baltimore City fire  spokesman Capt. Kevin Cartwright said it happened on the 2500 block of Boston  Street in southwest Baltimore at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday.

Crews were able to isolate  the vessel to avoid extension to other watercraft, Cartwright said.

For additional photos, visit Recon 2′s website by clicking HERE.

Three alarm fire at New York’s South Street Seaport

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A three-alarm fire erupted at the South Street Seaport on Pier 17 in Manhattan, New York City. Multiple marine companies as well as land units teamed up to battle this blaze.

Marc Santora, New York Times

The three-alarm fire began shortly before 4 p.m. and was concentrated around the pier, according to the police and fire officials. It seemed to be under control by 5 p.m. and there were no immediate reports of injuries, the officials said.

James Long, a Fire Department spokesman, said in a telephone call with reporters that 33 units and 140 firefighters responded to a call at 3:52 p.m. reporting a fire at Pier 17. It took about two hours to bring the fire fully under control, he said.

The department used water hoses stretched from trucks, and department vessels streaming water from the East River to fight the flames.

 

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This fire called three of the FDNY’s newest Fire Boats to action.

 Photo: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer via Staten Island Advance

North Charleston, SC dedicates new fire boat

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The North Charleston, South Carolina, Fire Department dedicated its very first fire boat at the County’s 4th of July festival.

The 32ft purpose-built fireboat was named in memory of Retired North Charleston Fire Chief W. Frank New who lead the department from 1973 to 1985.  The fireboat joined the NCFD fleet as “NCFD Marine 1.”

The fireboat, model FireStorm 32, was built by Metal Craft Marine in Kingston, Ontario.  It is powered by dual Cummins diesel engines, each rated at 480 horsepower, which were manufactured at the Cummins Turbo Technologies facility on Leeds Avenue in North Charleston, SC. Its top speed is 43 knots or nearly 50 MPH and can pump more than 2,000 gallons of water per minute through 4 water monitors mounted on the roof, bow and two on the aft deck.

Raw video with narration: McCordsville, IN

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Watch this raw view with reporter narration from a boat fire in McCordsville, a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Raw video with narration: Phoenix, AZ

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Here’s some raw footage of a boat fire at Lake Pleasant in Phoenix, Arizona.

Boat fire in Baltimore

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Fire Boats from Baltimore City, Maryland responded to a boat fire at a marina in Baltimore’s inner harbor.

Fire Rescue Boat 1 & Fire Boat 1 responded to a boat fire at Anchorage Marina on June 24.

For more information, visit the Baltimore Fire Boat’s facebook page by clicking HERE. Be sure to “LIKE” it while you are there.

US Coast Guard offers reward for hoax

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The United States Coast Guard has issued a $3,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who made a hoax call on Tuesday.

Responding to a hoax distress call about a sinking yacht with 21 people  aboard – including three dead — cost taxpayers at least $88,000, a Coast Guard  commander said today.

Planes and helicopters from as far away as Massachusetts responded to a  real-sounding distress call Monday afternoon that purported to be from a yacht  called “Blind Date.”

The audio from the hoax call was released today.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/coast_guard_offers_reward_in_yacht_FyJHqqBLUdjQdBx7R7taAN#ixzz1xhfDHfTZ