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Lt. John Forsythe with the Harbor Police Department. The lieutenant said crews were continuing to cool the hull with water and made progress Tuesday, checking the deck to see if it was solid enough for firefighters and investigators to walk on and opening some hatches to peek inside the ship.The next steps, Forsythe said, will be getting San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) crews on board to conduct a thorough search of the ship as well as investigators who can start looking into the cause of the fire.Meanwhile, U.S. Coast Guard officials are monitoring for contaminants on and around the ship including any debris burned off the vessel in the fire.Inside Look at How Firefighters Contained Ship Fire"The hull is holding any contaminants it may have on board, on board, which is a good thing," Forsythe explained.The ship fire sparked on the morning of Sept. 30, as the vessel was docked at 750 North Harbor Drive at the San Diego Harbor. It consumed the ship's lower deck level and quickly clouded the usually-picturesque San Diego waterfront with heavy smoke that lingered through the weekend.Firefighters haven't been able to board the ship since those early stages of the fight when they conducted a quick, preliminary search of the vessel as it burned. In that search, crews did not find any signs of life on board.Forsythe said nothing indicates this has ch... (NBC 7 San Diego)
Jennifer Hull, who lives across the street, said she heard a loud cracking sound. “I looked out the window and saw the tree coming down," Hull said. "My first instinct was to grab my husband, throw clothes on and run to make sure she was OK.” Hull said she was so concerned about her neighbor that she didn’t think about her own safety as she ran across the street. “As we were coming across, my husband yelled, 'Watch the power lines,'" she said. Hull was worried because she first thought the tree fell on the front of her neighbor’s home, where the 77-year-old woman's bedroom is located. Ray Payne, the woman's son, said his mother was sleeping in that room when the tree fell. “I’m surprised it didn’t hit her house. It laid right next to the house and barely missed that house right there," Payne said. "It’s a godsend that it didn’t hurt anyone.” Thankfully, the woman was not harmed. Payne said she was startled, but is doing OK and has been resting. "This could have been a fatality because of the angle, speed and size of the tree," Hull said. Many people are not out of the water yet. They're still dealing with flooding, no electricity and a run on supplies. But rescue crews from all over the country came to Jacksonville to assist. And the end of the day, it's people helping people and taking care of each other. Recovery process beginsA day after emergency teams rescued more than 350 people in the River City during a flooding emergency when the St. Johns River breached its banks, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry lifted the mandatory evacuation order for Zones A and B and announced the city would be distributing water to those in need. Curry cautioned that although the evacuation order was no longer in effect, it's possible some residents might not be able to get back to their homes yet. "By the grace of God, working through first responders yesterday, we saved lives," Curry said. Curry urged people trapped in flooded homes Monday to use makeshift white flags if they needed to be rescued. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue personnel and those from agencies around the country were using boats to go door-to-door through flooded streets in Riverside. 'Epic' river floodingNational Weather Service meteorologist Angie Enyedi said the city was experiencing a Category 3 surge from a tropical storm, calling it a "trifecta effect," with a storm surge, 10-15 inches of rain, and high tide approaching at 2 p.m. Monday. div class="modal fade mod-modal mod-modal-gallery in" i...
EPA on Transrail," said Stevenson. "Superfund doesn’t have jurisdiction—they can’t do much."In the airIn other business, Town Manager Jeffrey Hull accepted the blame for complaints levied by Laurel Avenue resident David Norton regarding a contractor who was tearing down a nearby house with asbestos siding. Norton reported that neighbors were not notified about the project, the house was not tented and that an asbestus "dust plume" filled the air. "Everybody knew the house had asbestos siding," said Norton. "The demo permit process has to change." Norton said not only did his family ingest the dust but also workers on the project were not wearing protective gear and questioned why the town signed off on the demo permit. "You’re (the town) is supposed to be protecting us," he said. "I take responsibility," said Hull. "We didn’t do what we should have done." Hull said, "We do not have direct responsibility for asbestos regulation (that belongs to the state) but when we realized the contractor was going rogue, we should have contacted DEP."The state Department of Environmental Protection approved the initial permit. Hull pointed said the town of Wilmington does not have a process in place to check to see if contractors have the proper documentation to comply with state-issued demo permits."Shame on us, we went on the honor system but it’s not going to happen again," Hull said. "The idea that we are not ‘legally’ responsible is unacceptable to me. I don’t want just a checklist. Contractors are going to have to provide some sort of affidavit and that somebody has documented that what they say they have done is what they have done."Public Health Director Shelly Newhouse said the DEP has added a number of conditions to the permit and that her department is determining the amount of the fine to be levied against the contractor. The fine is $300 per day.Newhouse said DEP is investigating further.Board Chairman Michael Champoux and other selectmen want the house to be encapsulated as soon as possible. (Wicked Local Wilmington)
