The Coast Guard has closed the shipping channel for one nautical mile around the scene while fire and Coast Guard crews work on a plan to secure the heavily damaged barges.
In addition, the Watertown Police Department, the Cambridge Police Department, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Police Department, the Boston Fire Department, the National Guard and police, fire and emergency responders from across Massachusetts and New England played critical roles in the investigation and response.
Almost immediately, according to Salman's version of events, a Blackwater guard opened fire.
The Coast Guard opened fire on the Ryou-Un Maru at 1 p.m.
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The trawler capsized hours after the Coast Guard set fire to it, causing it to begin taking on water, said Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley, a Coast Guard spokesman.
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Within an hour, 25 people, including one of the children, had been taken to shore by a combination of volunteer boats, the U.S. Coast Guard, and local fire departments, said Sondra Rivera, petty officer first class with the Coast Guard.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said the fire started with a leak in a fuel-oil return line running from one of the ship's engines.
In addition to more than 20 local fire departments, the National Guard was expected to fly in two helicopters on Monday to help tame the flames.
But Rodrigo Moura, a nightclub security guard, said the fire moved fast.
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Attempts by the singer and a security guard to extinguish the fire failed when the extinguisher they used did not work, the witnesses described.
Attempts by the singer and a security guard to extinguish the fire failed when the extinguisher they used did not work, the witnesses said.
The fire service earlier said that rough seas were complicating the rescue efforts by the Fire and Rescue Service, National Border Guard, Coast Guard and military officials.
Two other British nationals, a Norwegian, two police officers and a security guard were also hurt in the fire fight, he added.
They allege the men, who were on board an Italian commercial vessel to guard against Somali pirates, opened fire on the fishing boat.
Forest guard Nomal Boro said the poachers opened fire and then tried to flee toward the Brahmaputra River.
The men, who were on board an Italian commercial vessel to guard against pirates, are accused of opening fire on the fishing boat.
Gulliksen also said the cruise line agreed with the Coast Guard's determination of the origin of the fire.
It was empty at the time of the blast, but a spark ignited a buildup of natural gas vapors, causing an explosion that caused a second barge to catch fire, CNN affiliate WALA TV reported, citing Coast Guard Lt.
An official with the city's fire department said earlier that the missing man and another person were in a guard shack at t he BAE Shipyard that was blown into the Mobile River.
If you don't go out and guard him, Cory is going to shoot the 3 and he was on fire.
No doubt they're stronger with Howard, much better defensively, and point guard Steve Nash was an excellent pickup, but unless Los Angeles plans to build a fire-pit in the middle of the court, I still don't see them shutting down Durant or his dynamo teammate Russell Westbrook.
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The Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into the cause of the engine room fire.
National Guard helicopters were flying to the scene Monday morning and will drop water from a nearby lake onto the fire, said Perrin Anderson, a spokesman for Sevier County.
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