The UNITED STATE Coast Guard is working with the feedback to an engine space fire aboard the Hong Kong- flagged vessel Amber Bay which burst out as the ship was leaving the New York Harbor location on Wednesday evening.

The fire comes simply a couple of months after the exact same vessel endured a considerable engine space fire off the united state Northeast.

In Wednesday’s occurrence, the Coast Guard records that the 479-foot asphalt service provider with 22 staff aboard had a fire stir up in the engine space quickly prior to 8:00 p.m. The staff had the ability to swiftly snuff out the fire utilizing their mounted fire reductions system.

At 8:05 p.m., the staff informed Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector New York concerning the engine space fire which the vessel was impaired around 3 miles southern of Breezy Point.

Coast Guard Cutter Shrike, an 87-foot Patrol Boat, as well as crewmembers from Station Sandy Hook aboard a 47-foot Motor Life Boat were sent off to the occurrence in addition to NYPD as well as FDNY aquatic devices. FDNY employees boarded the vessel as well as got in the engine space to make certain the fire was snuffed out.

A safety and security area is currently in position as well as a strategy is presently being established to restore the harmed vessel. At this time around, there are no reported injuries or air pollution.

The occurrence follows the Amber Bay (also known as Feng Huang AO with IMO number 9764520) endured what the united state Coast Guard explained formerly as a ‘significant’ engine space fire that harmed several systems off Nantucket Island on October 5. That fire was snuffed out making use of the ship’s installed co2 fire reductions system, however the fire disabled the ship’s electric generators as well as primary engine.

Salvage yanks wound up hauling the vessel to New York for fixings.