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NTSB Issues Report On Miss Dorothy Fire
| 题名： | NTSB Issues Report On Miss Dorothy Fire |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 摘要： | The engineroom fire that destroyed the mv. Miss Dorothy on March 17, 2021, was likely caused by the ignition of spraying die-sel fuel from a main engine's fuel system onto an uninsulated section of the engine's exhaust system, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB's accident report, which was released March 8, found also that efforts to battle the fire were hampered by the crew's inability to secure ventilation to the space and fuel to the affected engine. The Miss Dorothy, of Western Rivers Boat Management Inc., was northbound on the Lower Mississippi River with 13 empty barges and one loaded equipment barge bound for a loading facility on the Cumberland River. At 12:45 a.m., when the tow was at Mile 249, fire alarms sounded in the engineroom and throughout the vessel. Within 30 seconds of the alarm sounding, the pilot could see rapidly intensifying smoke coming from the engineroom, and he activated the vessel's general alarm. The mate, looking through the engine control room window, could see smoke and flames coming from the starboard main engine. Crew members began running out fire hoses on the starboard side of the main deck to fight the fire. Meanwhile, the captain relieved the pilot in the pilothouse. Radio communications, both within the boat and externally were unreliable during the fire, and the captain didn't receive a response when he tried to notify the Coast Guard of the fire. He was, however, able to establish commu- nications with the mv. Christopher Wilson, also owned by Western Rivers Boat Management, which happened to be three miles south of the Miss Dorothy, and who relayed the report to the Coast Guard. By this time, the pilothouse was filling with smoke from the fire. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 49 |
| 页码： | 47-48 |
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