MV VIOLETTA; Galveston, TX

Galveston, TX | 1998-Dec-28

Initial Notification: During the early morning, MSU Galveston received a report from the M/V Violetta indicating that they had a main space fire which was burning out of control. The Violetta is an empty break-bulk freighter anchored in the Bolivar Anchorage (near the Galveston Jetties). The initial report included a potential of 10 metric tones of bunker fuel, eighty metric tones of diesel, and 33 small (15-gallon) containers of lube oil. An air-eye equipped HU-25 from Air Station Corpus Christi is surveying the area for possible pollution. USCG district 8.