AUGUST 19, 2016 — As response efforts continued, the Coast Guard stated yesterday that the hearth remained energetic aboard the 561-foot passenger ferry vessel Caribbean Fantasy roughly half a mile off of Punta Salinas, Puerto Rico.
While all 511 individuals aboard the vessel, together with crew, have been rescued, together with 5 pets, the Coast Guard stated that two pets may nonetheless be aboard and that an try to find and rescue them could be made when secure for rescue groups to enter the vessel.
The hearth reportedly started within the engine room of the ship and unfold to different compartments on board.
The Unified Command arrange to reply to the incident consists of the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and Baja Ferries (proprietor of the Caribbean Fantasy).
Also aiding the response efforts are American Cruise Ferries, Ardent Global, the Department of Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, the National Response Corporation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Witt O’Brien’s, the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency and the Puerto Rico Fire Department.
Ardent Global is growing a vessel salvage plan for assessment by the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard has established a 1,000-yard security zone across the vessel. There aren’t any reviews of sheening or air pollution.
The vessel is being intently monitored and booming has been deployed on the intakes for the Palo Seco Power Plant as a precautionary measure towards potential discharge from the vessel. Another 14,000-feet of booming has been pre-staged close to Punta Salinas.
