Multiple agencies are responding to a fire that broke out aboard the Kodiak Enterprise Saturday, prompting officials to issue a warning for surrounding residents.
The Tacoma Fire Department issued a temporary shelter-in-place order for NE Tacoma, Browns Point and Dash Point neighborhoods. Residents were urged to remain indoors and limit exposure to smoke. closed the Hylebos Waterway for all commercial and recreational vessel traffic. A Coast Guard Cutter was deployed to enforce the closure.
"The safety of the public and responders is our top priority," Coast Guard Capt. Youngmee Moon said in a statement."The unified command is working closely to leverage each agency’s capabilities to respond to this incident as effectively as possible and keep the public safe.
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