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Coast Guard oversees diesel spill clean-up near Marquesas after vessel fire

Coast Guard oversees diesel spill clean-up near Marquesas after vessel fire
The wreckage of the 100-foot yacht, La Dolce Vita, sinks near Marquesas, Florida, Mar. 17, 2021. The Coast Guard is overseeing diesel spill clean-up operations after the yacht caught fire.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray.

KEY WEST, Fla. — The Coast Guard is currently overseeing diesel spill clean-up operations after the 100-foot vessel, La Dolce Vita, caught fire Tuesday near Marquesas.​

The vessel captain radioed Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders reporting the fire on Ch. 16. All six people aboard safely evacuated using the vessel’s small boat and were escorted to shore by a Station Key West rescue crew. The fire reportedly started on the starboard generator.

Coast Guard oversees diesel spill clean-up near Marquesas after vessel fire
The 100-foot yacht, La Dolce Vita, burns near Marquesas, Florida, Mar. 16, 2021 after. The Coast Guard is overseeing diesel spill clean-up operations after the yacht caught fire.
U.S. Coast Guard photo.

The owner of the vessel is taking responsibility to contain and remove the resulting diesel spill. A commercial salvage crew deployed boom Wednesday to contain a visible light sheen. The La Dolce Vita was reportedly carrying nearly 4,500 gallons maximum capacity of diesel, but it is unknown how much of the product was discharged.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Coast Guard oversees diesel spill clean-up near Marquesas after vessel fire
The wreckage of the 100-foot yacht La Dolce Vita, March 17, 2021.
U.S. Coast Guard photo.

«Right now, the Coast Guard’s main concern is the environmental threat,»​ said Chief Petty Officer Thomas Goggans, Coast Guard Sector Key West incident management supervisor. «The location of the fuel spill is within a National Marine Sanctuary and a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Refuge.»​

Coast Guard oversees diesel spill clean-up near Marquesas after vessel fire
A boom surrounds the wreckage of the 100-foot yacht, La Dolce Vita, near Marquesas, Florida, March 17, 2021. The Coast Guard is overseeing diesel spill clean-up operations after the yacht caught fire.
U.S. Coast Guard photo.

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