Golden Ray Cutting Operations on Hold After Fire
Thursday, May 20th, 2021
Cutting operations are on hold as engineers moved in Saturday to make a post-fire assessment of the shipwrecked Golden Ray, the remains of which became engulfed in thick black smoke and raging flames early Friday afternoon.
Salvors moved in with five firefighting tugboats that siphoned and poured thousands of gallons of saltwater into the burning steel carcass, extinguishing the fire Friday night, Unified Command announced at 9:11 p.m. The fire started as welders suspended from ropes were using welding torches to conduct precise cuts in the cutting path for Section 3, the fifth cut on what remains of the shipwreck.
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