An American tugboat has actually been severely harmed after enduring a fire Friday while lugging a barge around 8 miles east of Matanzas off Florida’s Atlantic Coast.

All 6 staff participants aboard put on life vest and deserted ship right into a life boating. All 6 were later on recouped by a do-gooder vessel and required to Coast Guard Station Ponce De Leon.

The Coast Guard claims it got a distress signal at around 5:05 p.m. Friday specifying that the 100-foot pull Thomas Dann and a barge got on fire. The Coast Guard sent out a 45-foot action watercraft and a Jayhawk helicopter staff from Clearwater to help. The watercraft staff was keeping a safety and security area around the vessel till a Jacksonville Fire and Rescue watercraft got here on scene to eliminate the fire.

Local records claims witnesses ashore saw 2 surges.

The 3,000 HP ocean-going pull Thomas Dann is had by Dann Ocean Towing in Tampa, Florida.

The barge is had by Express Marine,Inc out ofNew Jersey AIS information reveals that the Thomas Dann left the New York location on July 17.