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Tugboat catches fire, BFD divers get stuck in traffic

By adamg on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 8:32am

The tugboat Liberty suffered an engine fire off Georges Island shortly after 8 a.m. today - just as a man was falling off a fishing boat.

The Boston Fire Department promptly summoned its dive team, which promptly got stuck in traffic because it's not based on the water. However, the Coast Guard reports the fire was declared out before the BFD marine unit got out to the tugboat and that a passing boater picked up the person in the water.

UPDATE, 9 a.m.: Tug was able to get to East Boston under its own power, with an escort by the BFD marine unit. The Globe has more.

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By anon on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 2:46pm.

Adam, you're mixing two different incidents. A man fell off a different boat, and was pulled back onto that boat by his son.

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By adamg on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 3:00pm.

Sorry if I made it sound like the same thing.

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By Alex_Toth on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 11:52am.

If you go to the link and look at the gallery (much cooler than I expected) there's a thing that looks like a machine gun on the front. Is it a flare gun or a grappling hook or something?

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By anon on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 1:10pm.

It's for firefighting.

Also used when important ships are in port. A couple of the boats will give the ship a nice festive spray of water.

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