US Coast Guard Investigating Tugboat Fire off Pea Patch Island
February 18, 2025/
Image courtesy US Coast Guard
The US Coast Guard and other agencies were called for a tugboat fire just before 9:30 Tuesday morning near Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. Officials received a distress call from the crew of the tugboat that the vessel was on fire.
Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay launched crews from Station Philadelphia and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City to assist.Ā Ā All four crewmembers on the tug were safely evacuated by Good Samaritans and the fire has been extinguished.
The vessel is now under tow and the fire remains under investigation.