CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Coast Guard and the Ingleside, Rockport and Aransas Pass Fire Departments are responding to a fire at the Hamptons Landing and Marina in Port Aransas, Sunday.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Station Port Aransas received a call from the Aransas Pass Fire Department at approximately 5:56 a.m. reporting that multiple boats and houseboats along the waterfront at the Hamptons Landing and Marina were on fire.
The Coast Guard launched both a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium and crew from Station Port Aransas, and an Air Station Corpus Christi HH-65C Dolphin helicopter and crew to assist on scene. A Coast Guard pollution investigator has also been sent to the scene to monitor any potential environmental impact. The Coast Guard has established a 500-yard safety zone around the enclosed area.
There are no reports of any injuries.
For photographs of the damage, click on the following links:
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=971805
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=971848
A watchstander at Coast Guard Station Port Aransas received a call from the Aransas Pass Fire Department at approximately 5:56 a.m. reporting that multiple boats and houseboats along the waterfront at the Hamptons Landing and Marina were on fire.
The Coast Guard launched both a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium and crew from Station Port Aransas, and an Air Station Corpus Christi HH-65C Dolphin helicopter and crew to assist on scene. A Coast Guard pollution investigator has also been sent to the scene to monitor any potential environmental impact. The Coast Guard has established a 500-yard safety zone around the enclosed area.
There are no reports of any injuries.
For photographs of the damage, click on the following links:
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=971805
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=971848