Engine room fire on Cuyahoga contained, crew safe
Tuesday evening the Canadian-flagged motor vessel Cuyahoga called Mayday reporting an engine room fire.
Search and rescue vessels CCGS Cape Dundas, Colchester Guardian, and CG45756 sped to the area to assist, as did an airborne USCG MH-65 Dolphin helicopter. Nearby lakers Indiana Harbor and Radcliffe R. Latimer were also called to the scene.
According to the Coast Guard, crew members were able to remain on board while the fire was put out. Lifeboats were lowered as a precaution. No injuries were reported. Cuyahoga was heading from Marblehead, OH to Kingsville, ON.
There are varying reports about the severity of the incident, many based on live scanner traffic, which may have made the fire sound worse than it may have been. There is no information about the damage to Cuyahoga and no information as to what caused the fire.As of 9 a.m. Wednesday the vessel was anchored roughly 6.4 nautical miles from shore off Leamington, ON, Municipal Marina.
The Cuyahoga was built in 1943 and is the oldest operating vessel in Canada’s Great Lakes fleet. Read more about the Cuyahoga here: https://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/cuyahoga.htm
