(SAN PEDRO, Calif.) — A unified command continued to monitor cleanup efforts Friday after a 105-foot yacht caught fire in Marina del Rey on Wednesday. The motor yacht, The Admiral, was reported to have caught fire around 8:30 p.m.
A unified command was established to include members of the U.S. Coast Guard, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (CDFW-OSPR), and the responsible party.
Coast Guard and CDFW-OSPR teams monitored the deployment of approximately 2,000 feet of boom placed around the vessel and affected areas. Crews will continue to monitor the area and work with the oil spill response organization to assess the extent of impact and continue cleanup efforts.
“Our Coast Guard team was able to transition quickly from a fire response to an oil spill response, which allowed us to ensure we had the right people and resources mobilized,” said Capt. Stacey Crecy, the Coast Guard’s federal on-scene coordinator. “We were able to deploy containment and collection equipment as soon as it was safe to do so to mitigate the impacts from the discharge of diesel from the vessel after it became submerged.”
“A CDFW-OSPR environmental scientist is on scene working to monitor and limit impacts to environmental resources and sensitive sites,” said Christian Corbo, CDFW-OSPR state on-scene coordinator. “Currently, there are no impacts to environmental sensitive sites or species.”
Additionally, air monitoring is being conducted within the area. There are currently no reports of a threat to public health.
– U.S. Coast Guard
