MEC&F Expert Engineers : Passenger vessel Grand Sun caught fire in Breton Sound, LA

Monday, October 15, 2018

Passenger vessel Grand Sun caught fire in Breton Sound, LA



P/V Grand Sun

Breton Sound, LA | 
 
2018-Oct-09

Initial Notification: 
On October 8, 2018, the NOAA SSC was contacted by USCG Sector New Orleans regarding a passenger vessel that caught fire in Breton Sound, LA. 
 
Four crew were rescued and the vessel was left in the water until the RP conducted a survey that deemed the vessel towable. 
 
The vessel was reported to contain 3500 gal of diesel fuel and 40 gal of lube oil. 
 
Although there was no reported discharge at the time of the request, the USCG requests a fate and trajectory for the petroleum products on board. 
 
An online copy of a Coast Guard database shows the Grand Sun as owned by Scobel Marine of Belle Chasse
 
 
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The Coast Guard says a helicopter crew has rescued four people from a burning passenger vessel off Louisiana.

A news release says people on the Grand Sun reported the fire about 2:40 a.m. Monday from the Chandeleur Sound, and a helicopter arrived before 4 a.m.

The aircrew took all four to emergency medical services at Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans.

Petty Officer Travis MaGee says he doesn’t know where they went from there, or their conditions.