Temporary shelter-in-place issued after fishing vessel carrying freon catches fire in Tacoma, Washington
The Tacoma Fire Department has issued a temporary shelter-in-place for residents in Tacoma, Washington, as authorities continue to respond to a fishing vessel fire. The Tacoma Fire Department has issued a temporary shelter- in -place for some areas near Tacoma, Washington, as authorities continue to respond to a fishing vessel that has been on fire since Saturday and is carrying diesel and freon . Since the Kodiak Enterprise caught fire Saturday morning while moored in the Hylebos Waterway of Tacoma, the fire has since progressed, and is now about 100 feet from the boat's freon tanks, the Coast Guard said in their latest release Sunday. Smoke rises from a fire on the Kodiak Enterprise in Tacoma, Washington, in a photo released by the Washington Department of Ecology on April 8, 2023. Washington Department of Ecology Freon can be toxic if inhaled "in large quantities or in a confined space," the Coast Guard said, but the release of freon in the atmosphere does not p...