Boat Fire: Cause Still ‘Undetermined’

December 6, 2019 Pacific

Investigators said they have yet to find the precise cause of a Brookings Harbor fire Monday morning that heavily damaged the Miss Pacific, an 85-foot commercial fishing vessel. “The cause is undetermined,” Harbor Fire Interim Chief Thomas Sorrentino told The Pilot. “We believe it could be an electrical issue. “The fire started on the port-side rear of the cabin and went out the back to the stern of the boat, >click to read< 06:36

boat fire, Brookings Harbor, cause is undetermined, F/V Miss Pacific, Harbor Fire Interim Chief Thomas Sorrentino

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Mark hippensteel says:

December 6, 2019 at 9:27 pm

Back in 2003 we had a fire on that boat when it was the miss joannie. That fire too started at the rear of the house & caught the fuel sightless on fire but luckily fire crews were able to get it out quickly. I worked on that boat for 6 years

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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