F/V Alaskan Pride Fire and Sinking
- Location
- Square Cove in Chatham Strait, Alaska
- Time/Date
- 10:40 PM on October 13, 2009; reported to ADEC at 10:11 AM on October 14, 2009 by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG).
- Spill Id
- 09119928601
- Product/ Quantity
- The F/V Alaskan Pride was reported to have approximately 400 gallons of diesel fuel and an unknown volume of lube and engine oil when a fire started in the engine space. A silver sheen was reported when the vessel sank; it is unknown what amount of fuel burned before the vessel sank.
- Cause
- The F/V Alaskan Pride caught fire and subsequently sank.
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