Kansas North Dakota the Mosquito Control District in Lee County, Fla. The 10 test sites they selected in May - the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma San Diego Herndon, Va.
The idea is that the FAA will observe the tests and use what they learn to rewrite the rules. The administration is running a program, called the Unmanned Aerial System Integration Pilot Program, where local government and private partners will run tests doing exactly the kinds of things they can’t currently do. So the FAA has set out to relax those restrictions. Staff writer Brian Rokos and City News Service contributed to this story. The investigation into the fire will include reports that the boat was either fueling or had just finished fueling when it burst into flames, Heflin said. The wreckage of the boat was towed to an isolation dock to prevent environmental impacts such as leaking fuel, Heflin said. “People looking to have fun, a lot of those sorts of people,” he said. Restaurants, boat-rental shops and the Wibit aquatic playground typically bring out a large crowd to the area on Saturdays during the summer, Gibbs said. “Everybody stopped what they were doing and looked at what was going on. We really don’t have much of these,” Gibbs said, recalling a boat fire in May at a rental shop. Gibbs said he did not hear any screams, and the smoke prevented him from seeing what others were doing in an attempt to rescue the victims and put out the flames. Jed Gibbs, 20, a host at The Crab Pot restaurant and bar, said he was looking out the doors that give diners a view of the marina when he heard a pop, a commotion and saw a small plume of black smoke about a quarter-mile away that quickly grew. Heflin said no firefighters were injured. Heavy fire was burning in the rear of the boat with thick black smoke billowing into the air.įirefighters fought the fire on land and in the water. Video from the scene showed the boat was adjacent to a dock as crews sprayed water on the fire. The fire was reported at 5:17 p.m.įirefighters rushed to the scene of the large, smoky fire that could be smelled by residents throughout the east side of Long Beach and seen throughout the marina area. The identities of those involved were not immediately released and the cause of the fire was under investigation.
Alamitos Bay is near the Orange County line and the Orange County Fire Authority assisted with the fire fight. It happened in the 200 block of Marina Dive near a fuel dock near Long Beach Fire Station 21, the fire agency said on social media. (Photo courtesy Long Beach Fire Department) Smoke is visible from a boat fire in Alamitos Bay on Saturday. and spokesman Jake Heflin said.įire and police officials were called to Alamitos Bay in Long Beach on Saturday after a boat fire left two people dead and three more injured. Two women were dead and two men and a woman were hospitalized with burns after a fire Saturday involving a 35-foot pleasure boat in Long Beach’s Alamitos Bay, the Long Beach Fire Department said.Īll of those killed and injured were in their 60s, Long Beach Fire Capt. 5, in a fire involving a 35-foot pleasure boat in Long Beach’s Alamitos Bay. Two people were killed and three more were hospitalized with burn injuries Saturday, Aug. 2 women killed, 3 more people hurt in Long Beach pleasure boat fire
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