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A dozen IOSA volunteers successfully clean up after vessel fire at Roche
Photo by David Whitten, Victoria, B.C. who was enjoying lunch at a Roche Harbor restaurant with his wife and friends from Cape San Juan when the fire broke out. posted 11/14/2009 | |
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Both vessels eventually sank in their slips at the marina and IOSA was asked to provide additional sorbent materials the first night. Marina staff and the Dept. of Ecology Spill Response personnel worked to recover leaking fuel until midnight. Early the next morning, IOSA was contacted by Vessel Assist and asked to provide cleanup and recovery while operations began to raise the burned vessels and remove them from the water. Thus began a spill response that ultimately involved a total of 12 IOSA responders. They worked in the strong winds and heavy rains over the next three days, some working from early morning until way past dark, to recover fuel and oil as it continually leaked from the vessels. IOSA responders worked alongside Vessel Assist personnel as they engaged in the tricky and lengthy business of raising the burned fiberglass vessels and towing them to shore and out of the water, where they were eventually hauled away in pieces for disposal. IOSA Coordinator Jackie Wolf says, even though the work was long, hard and wet, it seems that nearly everyone felt a wonderful sense of working together, watching out and caring for one another through the long days and into the nights, when the dock was slippery and dark and obstructions (burnt chunks of fiberglass and various debris from the vessels) were everywhere. Islands' Oil Spill Association is deeply appreciative of our dedicated responders, as well as the folks with Vessel Assist and the DOE spill response team, and all are to be congratulated for a hard job very well done. As a result of everyone working together, we were able to prevent what otherwise would have been a huge mess throughout the marina and polluted waters way beyond. |
The sunken boat barely visible.
Fumes from the burnt fiberglass were in the air and oil could be seen on the water above the sunken boat.
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