Smoke billows from the Spicy Lady on March 6. The commercial fishing vessel caught fire that afternoon off the southern end of Admiralty Island, and the Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department made the 100-mile floatplane trip to help quell the flames.
A Petersburg-based fishing commercial vessel caught fire Thursday near Point Gardner in Chatham Strait where it had been participating in the golden king crab fishery. The fire prompted a coordinated response from nearby Samaritan vessels, the Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
The U.S. Coast Guard received a distress call at 1:49 p.m. reporting that the F/V Spicy Lady, a 58-foot steel vessel, was on fire and crew members were preparing to abandon ship into a life raft, according to Coast Guard Lt. Ben Zarlengo.
The Coast Guard issued an Urgent Marine Information Bro...
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