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The cause of the fire is under investigation. See photos of the massive fires below: Water is dropped on the advancing Palisades Fire by helicopter in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los ...
Heart-pounding footage shows the moment a boat blew its top at a Florida marina, leaving one person dead and another five injured on Monday. The small boat exploded around 6 p.m. and then the fire ...
A man sprays water on a car in front of a house engulfed in flames from the Eaton Fire in the Altadena neighborhood on Jan. 8, 2025. / Credit: Getty Images Smoke from the Palisades Fire is seen ...
Some modern fireboats are capable of pumping tens of thousands of gallons of water per minute. An example is Fire Boat #2 of the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Warner Lawrence, with the capability to pump up to 38,000 US gallons per minute (2.4 m 3 /s; 32,000 imp gal/min) and up to 400 feet (122 m) in the air.
Fireboats in Seattle, Washington image name launched retired notes Snoqualmie: 1891: 1935: First fireboat on North America's west coast. [1]Duwamish: 1909: 1985
In order to attempt to fight the fire and allow fireboats to reach the vessel, a grappling line was secured and the still-burning Conception was towed out to deeper water by Retriever II. [35] [36] Boat 15 reported the fire was extinguished by 5:23 a.m., [37] although hotspots kept reigniting. [34]
Two people escaped a fire that destroyed several boats at a Hollywood marina on Monday morning, according to police.
The 140-foot (43 m), 500-ton, $27 million fast response boat is the country's largest fireboat, with a maximum speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). The Three Forty Three incorporates the latest technology available for marine vessels, including the capability of pumping 50,000 US gallons (190,000 L; 42,000 imp gal) of water per minute, nearly ...