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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin A massive fire broke out in the morning of 10 March on a barge loaded with scrap metal in the Delaware Bay and continued burning into the evening. The U.S. Coast Guard responded shortly after 8 a.m., deploying a helicopter and two boats, while local fire departments from Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware, also assisted. The barge, which was unmanned at the time and being towed by a tugboat, caused no injuries, according to Petty Officer First Class Matthew West. RelatedNews Federal prosecutors file charges over deadly Baltimore Key Bridge collapse Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation var jnews_module_21367456_0_6a04874a95321 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21367456","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"447,74,2115","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab"
Fire breaks out on Delaware Bay onboard barge carrying scrap metal
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