Four boats catch fire and sink, another badly damaged when a boat entering the marina hit another boat moored in a slip in Everett, Washington

Four boats catch fire and sink at a marina in Everett, Washington

EVERETT, Wash. -- Five boats were damaged Saturday night as a fire spread through an Everett marina.

Four of the boats sank.

The fire was sparked when a boat entering the marina hit another boat moored in a slip. The boats burst into flames.

The fire was on the south marina dock in the 1700 block of West Marine Drive.


At least five people ended up in the water. One person suffered minor injuries.

The smoke and spreading flames stunned other boaters who were enjoying a warm summer evening.

"I was a little concerned it was going to come towards us and that’s why I said I was going to bail out of here," said Mike Rimkus who was having a BBQ on his boat when he saw the black smoke. "Once the gas gets in the water, it gets going and the wind was coming right towards our boat and we were just covered in smoke and hard to breathe."

“I was concerned because we have friends down on this dock down here and when the billowing black smoke came, I ran out of my boat and came up here," said boater Marianne Handewith.

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First the good news. No major injuries and no one transported. 

Here’s what we know for sure so far from Everett Fire Chief Tim Key. Calls of a boat fire began coming in shortly after 7:30 PM. 

The fire was on one boat at D dock which is just north of Anthony’s Woodfire Grill. The fire spread to other boats quickly and five people had to jump into the water to escape the flames. 

All five were safely removed from the water and there were no major injuries. Smoke could be see as far as the Hewitt Avenue Trestle. 

A total of 5 boats were destroyed. 4 went to the bottom and another was damaged but still afloat. 

The Department of Ecology has been called to the scene. 

Everett Fire investigators are on scene but no damage estimate or cause is expected for some time.

Joseph Daniel Hudek IV, 23, of Tampa, Florida punched one Delta Air Lines flight attendant twice in the face and struck at least one passenger in the head with a red dessert wine bottle; as the struggle continued, a flight attendant grabbed two wine bottles and hit Hudek over the head with each - breaking at least one of them

Saturday, July 08, 2017 09:11PM
SEATTLE -- A flight attendant broke a wine bottle over the head of a man who lunged for an exit door and fought with other passengers during a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Beijing, but it didn't faze him, an FBI agent wrote in charging papers filed Friday.

Joseph Daniel Hudek IV, 23, of Tampa, Florida, appeared in U.S. District Court, wearing a beige jail uniform and sporting a scrape or bruise below his right eye.

He was arrested Thursday night after causing the disturbance that forced the plane to return to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, authorities said.

Hudek did not speak during the hearing. His attorney, Robert Flennaugh II, declined to comment.

Hudek was charged with interfering with a flight crew, which carries a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He is expected to remain in custody at least until a detention hearing on July 13.

One flight attendant and a passenger were taken to a hospital after suffering severe facial injuries, authorities said. Perry Cooper, a spokesman for the Port of Seattle, described the injuries as non-life-threatening.

A probable cause statement written by FBI special agent Caryn Highley said Hudek was sitting in the first row of the Boeing 767's first-class section. He asked a flight attendant for a beer before takeoff and was served one, but he exhibited no sign of being intoxicated and ordered no other alcoholic drinks, the attendant told authorities.

About an hour into the flight, while the plane was over the Pacific Ocean northwest of Vancouver Island, Hudek went into the forward restroom. He came out quickly, asked the attendant a question, and went back in, the agent wrote.

When he came out again two minutes later, he suddenly lunged for the exit door, grabbed the handle and tried to open it, Highley wrote. Two attendants grabbed him, but he pushed them away, and the attendants signaled for help from several passengers and notified the cockpit by telephone, the complaint said.

Hudek punched one flight attendant twice in the face and struck at least one passenger in the head with a red dessert wine bottle, it said.

As the struggle continued, a flight attendant grabbed two wine bottles and hit Hudek over the head with each - breaking at least one of them, Highley wrote.

According to one flight attendant, "Hudek did not seem impacted by the breaking of a full liter red wine bottle over his head, and instead shouted, 'Do you know who I am?' or something to that extent," the complaint said.

One passenger got him in a headlock, but he broke out of it until finally, several passengers held him long enough to place zip-tie restraints on him, Highley wrote. Even then he remained combative, she said, and it took multiple passengers to keep him restrained until the plane landed and Port of Seattle police arrested him.

Hudek had been traveling on a "dependent pass," the complaint said. Such passes allow certain relatives of Delta employees to fly standby.

Passenger Dustin Jones told KIRO-TV that he saw the man being rolled into the terminal in a wheelchair after the plane landed.

"He started yelling for help," Jones said. "And so he turned the wheelchair over in the middle of the airport, screaming for people to help him, just being belligerent."

The flight left for Beijing later Thursday night.



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The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint Friday against a Tampa man for interfering with flight crew members and attendants on a Delta flight from Seattle.

Joseph Daniel Hudek IV, 23, was on Delta Flight 129 to Beijing Thursday evening when he assaulted a flight attendant about 45 minutes into the flight.

Hudek, who was traveling on a dependent ticket, was seated in first class and asked for a beer before departure. He did not consume any other alcoholic beverages and did not appear intoxicated, according to the complaint.

About an hour into the flight, Hudek went to use the lavatory. When he exited, he lunged at the right exit door, grabbed the handle, and tried to open it.

Two flight attendants grabbed Hudek to keep him from opening the door, and Hudek pushed them away.

Hudek pushed the emergency release lever to a 90 degree angle, which flight attendants told investigators could allow the door to open at lower altitudes.

One of the flight attendants who was attacked asked several passengers for help and alerted the pilot to the security issue.

Meanwhile, Hudek punched the other flight attendant in the face several times and hit a passenger in the head with a red dessert wine bottle, according to documents.

Another flight attendant hit Hudek over the head with two bottles of wine, breaking at least one. One flight attendant told investigators that Hudek "did not seem impacted by the breaking of a full liter red wine bottle over his head, and instead shouted, 'Do you know who I am?'"


PHOTO: Destruction after Hudek attempted to open exit door and attacked flight attendant on #Delta flight 129 from SEA>Beijing last night pic.twitter.com/88plvjL1TE— KING 5 News (@KING5Seattle) July 7, 2017

Several first class passengers helped restrain Hudek until the plane landed safely at Sea-Tac Airport and Hudek was taken into custody.

A flight attendant and a passenger were taken to the hospital with severe facial injuries, according to the complaint. Their injuries were serious, but non-life threatening injuries, according to Delta.

The flight re-departed to Beijing about midnight.

Delta flight attendants receive seven to eight weeks of initial training and recurrent training of which a "significant portion" focuses on the safety of passengers and flight attendants, according to a Delta spokesperson.

They are taught physical defense, when to ask other flight attendants for help, and then passengers for assistance.

3 dead, dozens homeless after a 3-alarm fire at the Crosby Square Apartments in Crosby, Texas early Saturday

Saturday, July 08, 2017 10:20PM

CROSBY, Texas (KTRK) -- Residents of a fire-gutted apartment complex in Crosby escaped only with what clothes they had on and their lives. It is not an exaggeration but fact for those who survived the deadly fire.

Fifty-eight people have been displaced, according to investigators.

Three bodies were found Saturday afternoon in the debris. Until then, they were listed as missing.

Breanna Freeman said the victims lived in the apartment above her.

"More would have died if that man hadn't knocked on doors, warning us the building was on fire," she said.

She got out, along with her cousin and her grandparents. Her grandmother was in a wheelchair and fell out of it in the rush to escape.

"He helped pick her up and pull her away from the flames," she said. The flames were literally at their backs.

Barbara Lyle lived in the apartment next door and was also in a wheelchair.

"It burned my hair," she said, "and my robe started to melt."

Saturday night, she was staying in a motel courtesy of a Red Cross voucher. She was able to grab her purse as she was pushed out of the apartment door.

"We lost everything," said her son, Cliff Lyle.

The man credited with saving people was Ray Paz, who lives and works next to the apartment complex. His wife, Lisa, was first to hear yelling and see the flames and urged him to go help.

Paz didn't hesitate.

He went door to door yelling 'Fire!' but couldn't make it up the stairs to the apartment where the three fatalities are believed to have been.

"The smoke and flames were too much," he said. He believed by that point, they couldn't have made it to the door to get out.

Of the families to whom we spoke, all said they were never alerted by their smoke detectors.

"I had just put new batteries in it," said Chris Lyle. "I never heard an alarm."

The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of the fatal fire, and the issue of working smoke detectors will be part of the investigation, said spokesperson Rachel Moreno.

Some residents have been told that they will be relocated to undamaged units on the property, but for most, they have nothing to start over with, from furniture to clothing.

The names of the three victims who perished in the fire have not been released, pending confirmation by the medical examiner's office.



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CROSBY, Texas -- The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office confirms three bodies were found after a three-alarm fire in Crosby early Saturday.  Harris Co. Institute of Forensic Science will ID the victims.


Witness photos before 7 a.m. showed a large plume of smoke coming from the Crosby Square Apartments in the 15000 block of FM 2100.

The fire was so large, the Houston Fire Department was called in to assist Crosby firefighters.

The fire was contained, but it took a few hours to locate the bodies of the victims because the property was still under heavy smoke.

The medical examiner is working to identify the persons killed in the fire. The victims' bodies were so badly burned, investigators could not determine their identities or genders on the scene.

Authorities said the fire displaced 58 people.



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3 found dead in fire at Houston-area apartment complex 


Saturday, July 8th 2017, 4:54 pm EDT




CROSBY, Texas (AP) - Investigators say three people have been found dead in a fire that destroyed part of a Houston-area apartment complex.

Firefighters responded to a blaze around dawn Saturday morning in Crosby, 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Houston. Authorities are trying to determine what sparked the fire.

Harris County Fire Marshal's Office spokeswoman Rachel Moreno says investigators believe all three people lived at the complex.

Sheriff's Deputy Thomas Gilliland previously had said two women and a boy were unaccounted for following the blaze. Gilliland later said it appears the victims succumbed to the fire. Autopsies were ordered. Names and further details on the victims weren't immediately released.

Moreno says one building, with eight units, was destroyed. She says some units in a second building were damaged.



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CROSBY, Texas – The Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office has confirmed three bodies have been found after a three-alarm apartment fire in northeast Harris County Saturday morning.

Fire marshals were dispatched around 6:15 a.m. at Crosby Square Apartments at 15016 FM 2100 Road.

Officials said when the Crosby Volunteer Fire Department was called to the apartment complex, they witnessed heavy fire coming out of the building, which eventually spread to a second building.

A total of eight fire departments assisted in putting out the fire, according to a representative of the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office.

Officials said a shelter has been set up at Crosby Middle School, and Red Cross is currently on the scene.

As of now, the cause of the fire is unknown. The victims have not yet been identified.

Search called off for for Henry Alexander Wise, V.,19, of Fairhope, Alabama missing after his jet ski crashed into a boat driven by 19-year-old Robert Bratkinewiez of Mobile in Saint Joseph's Bay

Search called off for Alabama man missing after boat crash
Originally published July 6, 2017 at 5:39 am


PORT ST. JOE, Fla. (AP) — The search has been suspended for a 19-year-old Alabama man missing after his personal watercraft crashed into a boat near a Florida marina.

The U.S. Coast Guard said in a news release it searched about 7 square miles (18 sq. kilometers) during a nine-hour search for Henry Wise of Fairhope, Alabama. Wise didn’t resurface Tuesday night when his watercraft collided with the boat.

Another person on the watercraft, 19-year-old Gavin Primm of Daphne, Alabama, was injured. His condition wasn’t immediately available.

Multiple agencies assisted in the search for Wise.

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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials said the search for the body of 19-year-old Henry Wise near Port St. Joe, Florida is ongoing as of Thursday morning.

Florida Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Beckah Nelson confirmed the ongoing search. The Coast Guard Sector Mobile reported that they concluded their help in the search on Wednesday (July 5) evening.

Nelson said that Wise and and Gavin Primm, 19, both from Daphne, were on jet ski's when they got into an accident with a boat carrying five people on July 4.
The accident occurred in Saint Joseph's Bay just south of the Highland View Boat Ramp near Highway 98.

Alabama teen missing after jet ski accident in Florida

Florida Fish and Wildlife officials identified the two teens as Henry Wise, 19 and Gavin Primm, 19, both from Daphne.

Primm, who was wearing a life jacket at the time, was seriously injured during the collision, but was able to be pulled out of the water. Wise was never located after the accident.

Nelson identified the driver of the boat as 19-year-old Robert Bratkinewiez of Mobile. No charges have been filed against Bratkinewiez at this time.
Primm remains at a local hospital in Florida in stable condition.
No additional details about the accident have been released at this time.

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Friends and family are invited to gather together on Sunday, July 9, 2017 on the Bluff at Bayside Academy to celebrate the life of Henry Alexander Wise, V. Henry is the son of Henry Alexander "Sandy" Wise, IV and Paige Wise and brother to Harper Wise. The family will begin gathering at 5:30 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. at the Bayside Academy Pilot Center 303 Dryer Ave Daphne, AL 36526 with the service following at 7:00 P.M. until sunset. In lieu of flowers the family request contributions be made to The Henry A. Wise, V Foundation. For information regarding the services contact Bayside Academy at 251-338-6438.

Published in the Mobile Register and Baldwin County on July 9, 2017 =================== Port St. Joe, FL - UPDATE: The Coast Guard has suspended the search as of 3:39 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5. The Coast Guard searched approximately 7 square nautical miles for approximately nine hours.
Search and rescue efforts continue in Gulf County, FL Wednesday, July 5, 2017 for a teenager from Daphne.  Florida Wildlife Conservation (FWC) officials said 19 year-old, Henry Alexander Wise VI was driving a jet ski with a friend when it collided with a boat, throwing them into the water.
FWC officials said the accident happened on St. Joseph’s Bay around 7:30 Tuesday night.  Henry Wise and Gavin Primm, both of Daphne were on a Jet Ski and collided with a 24 foot boat driven by another friend from Mobile.  Primm is recovering in the hospital, but Wise hasn’t been found.
A major search effort has been underway since the accident including the US Coast Guard, FWC, and the Gulf County Sheriff’s Office.  
Wise and his friend and teammate, Gavin Primm are recent graduates of Bayside Academy and both played football.  Randy Burgan is the play-by-play announcer for Admirals Football and said Wise was an outstanding player.
“Every Friday night we called his name.  He either made a fantastic catch.  He made a great touchdown.  He was always involved in a play,” Burgan said.   “He was one of those silent leaders on the team…a guy that you could count on and he was going to give a hundred and ten percent every time he hit the field.”
 Wise played wide receiver and defensive back for the Admirals and the news of the accident has been very hard on the Bayside family.  School officials did not talk to the media Wednesday as the search continued.
“Everybody’s trying to still gather answers and find out exactly what happened so it is a shock,” Burgan said.
Officials said the Carolina Skiff that Wise hit was operated by 18 year-old Robert Bratkinewiez from Mobile and had a total of five people on board at the time of the accident.  None of those on the boat was hurt.
The search has been going on from the air and on the water.  The Florida Wildlife Commission has dive crews on the water as well.  No charges have been filed and the investigation into the cause of the accident continues.
 
 

1 employee injured after an ammonia leak and massive explosion at the Grecian Delight Foods plant in northwest suburban Elk Grove Village, Illinois

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. -- Investigators are looking into what caused an explosion at a suburban food facility in elk grove village.

Elk Grove fire investigators say there was ammonia leak at the Grecian Delight Food plant early Friday morning. That ammonia came into contact with something that caused an explosion in a part of the plant that was under construction.

The blast blew out a wall of the plant, and also ruptured a water main.

One hundred workers were inside at the time, but they all made it out safely.

A female plant worker who was burned and a male hazmat worker are being treated in the hospital.

Fire officials say it could have been much much worse.



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2 injured in ammonia explosion at Chicago-area food plant
Published 1:42 pm, Friday, July 7, 2017


ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village say an ammonia explosion heavily damaged a food processing plant and injured two people.

Elk Grove Village Fire Chief Richard Mikel says a "tremendous amount of damage" was caused at the Grecian Delight Foods plant on Friday morning. He says the blast happened about 7 a.m., blowing out two of the building's outer walls. Crews were able to stop the leaking chemical a few hours later. The cause of the blast is under investigation.

Mikel says about 100 workers were present at the time but no one was near the explosion because it was located in a section of the building that's under construction.

Officials say one female employee and a hazmat worker were taken to area hospitals with injuries that weren't life threatening.



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Friday, July 07, 2017 01:04PM
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (WLS) -- An ammonia leak and powerful explosion blew out the side of a food processing plant in northwest suburban Elk Grove Village Friday morning and left one employee injured.

Firefighters, police and a hazardous materials crew responded to Grecian Delight Foods, Inc., in the 1200-block of Tonne Road. Large pieces of the wall on the west side of the building had been blown out.

"There was a release of ammonia inside of the factory here. The ammonia reached an ignition source. There's significant damage to the front wall of the building that's been blown out, as well as the north side of the building," Elk Grove Village Fire Chief Richard Mikel said.

A neighbor, who did not want to go on camera, said she heard a loud boom just after 7 a.m.

"I looked at my roof, thinking something fell on the roof, but there was nothing up there. Periodically, there is a foul odor coming from that place, in the middle of the night, where I need to close my windows," she said.

Witnesses said they saw around 100 employees run out of the building to escape the flames. They all got out safely. The neighborhood did not have to be evacuated.

A female worker sustained burns to her face, but her injuries were not considered life-threatening. She was taken to the hospital for treatment.

A member of the hazmat team was also taken to the hospital, for exhaustion.

The explosion also caused a water main break in the area. Grecian Delight's parking lot flooded Friday morning.

The water main break and ammonia leak were both contained before 11 a.m. The hazmat crew was still on the scene, ventilating the building. Workers had not been allowed back in.

Mikel said there was construction going on in the area at the time of the blast, but officials have not confirmed the exact cause of the ammonia leak and explosion.

Grecian Delight manufactures Greek and Mediterranean food. The company was founded in 1974.