ON 09/29/2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:30, DISPATCH ADVISED ME OF A VESSEL ON FIRE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, WITH THE OCCUPANTS ALREADY IN THE LIFE RAFT. VENICE FIRE, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE USCG WERE ALSO ON SCENE. THE VENICE FIRE BOAT CONTINUED TO TRY TO QUENCH THE FIRE THAT WAS STILL BURNING. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER MY ARRIVAL, THE VESSEL ON FIRE SANK FROM THE STERN IN ABOUT 55 FEET OF WATER.
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