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A fire in the engine room Humber Coastguard has coordinated the recovery of the 15 metre fishing vessel Green Pastures with a fire on board 25 miles off the Northumberland coast.At 10.53am Humber Coastguard was contacted by the fishing vessel Green Pastures with three crew on board, reporting a fire in the engine room. Humber Coastguard requested the launch of Amble and Tyne RNLI lifeboats and Rescue Helicopter R131 from RAF Boulmer.The crew reported that they believed they had contained the fire and sealed the engine room off. The rescue helicopter used its FLIR Forward Looking Infra Red camera to check for hot spots within the vessel and none were detected. The Tyne RNLI lifeboat has taken the vessel under tow to Blyth.Graham Dawson Humber Coastguard Watch Manager said,The Skipper made a very calm call on the VHF channel 16 Distress frequency. He gave a clear accurate position which helped us get assistance to him quickly.His actions in closing the ventilation to the engine compartment and his use of the dry powder fire extinguisher probably helped save the vessel and prevent injury to the crew. Incidents involving fires on wooden fishing vessels often do not end as successfully as this.Source: ...

Oil production platform caught fire The Coast Guard responded with multiple air and sea assets on Sunday to reports that an oil production platform caught fire approximately 50 miles off Grand Isle in the Gulf of Mexico-- rescuing the two individuals who were on board the platform at the time of the fire.An MH65-C rescue helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans hoisted the two men from the deck of a good Samaritan vessel, the HDS Stormridge, after they were recovered from a life capsule they used to escape from the fire on board the GI 102A oil production platform.At about 8 a.m., Central Standard Time, Coast Guard watchstanders at the Eighth Coast Guard District were notified by workers aboard the Grand Isle Block 115 platform that the GI 102A production platform, owned by Arena, was reportedly on fire.Arena reports the platform had been shut in two weeks ago and was not producing product at the time of the incident. Bureau of Oceans and Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcementhas personnel en route to verify the status of the wells and the platform, as well as investigate the cause of the fire.The two people recovered are en route ...

Fire on a training ship The fire took place at Nikolayev on a training ship of the Kiev State Academy of Water Transport NTS-313.As the press service of Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine State University in Mykolayiv region, due to fire dead 56-year-old boatswain.The fire began in the sauna room of this ship.The area of the fire was 20 square meters. Believe in the MOE, the cause of the fire arose from the violation of fire safety heat generating equipment.Source: Safety4Sea

One killed and two more injured The information of the Azerbaijan State Caspian Shipping Company was added (the first version was posted at 05:06)Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 15 /Trend I.Huseynov/One person died and two injured during the strong fire occurred on a board of "Shirvan" cargo ship docked in the water area of Baku, a law enforcement source told Trend.The Azerbaijani State Maritime Administration said that the bow of the ship "Shirvan" at the Ilham Allahverdiyev shipyard burst into flame on February 14 at 19:00.The fire brigades of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations extinguished the fire at 23:00. As a result of the incident, three people were injured.Despite the rendered medical aid decorator Garayev Raqif died at the hospital. Chief engineer Mirzoyev Shair and electric welder Garayev Yurka were placed at hospital.At present, specialists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Azerbaijan State Maritime Administration and prosecutors conduct investigation to determine the causes of the incident.The Azerbaijan State Caspian Shipping Company said that at present, a committee consisting of the heads of the organization and shipping specialists, who investigate the cause of the incident, has been established.Another victim of the fire was delivered to the Clinical Medical Centre."We received only ...

Fire broke out aboard the In the morning of Jan 23, 2011, a fire broke out aboard the "Haci Koksal Mataraci" underway from Tarragona to Fos, 25 miles north of Menorca.While the fire could be tackled by the crew, the 1st officer had to be medevaced by helicopter and was taken to a hospital at Santa Caterina, Girona.Also other members of the mainly Turkish crew of 15 were injured, but had to wait as winds up to 74 miles and 6 m wave height hampered the rescue operation. The tugs "Punta Mayor" and "Red Cougar" at 12.40 a.m. arrived from Tarragona and towed the vessel to a sheltered area.Source: VesselTracker