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Date: Oct. 10, 2008
Contact: Unified Command Center
206-933-4716
Petty Officer Shawn Eggert
206-819-9154
Curt Hart, Washington Dept. of Ecology
360-480-7908
Helen Fitzpatrick, Seattle Fire Department
206-291-7124
John Mc Bride, Customs and  Border Protection
206-396-1899
Mike Zampa, American President Line
 510-520-6760

Agencies continue work aboard APL Peru
SEATTLE - The Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, American President Line shipping company and the Seattle Fire Department (SFD) along with U. S. Customs and Border Protection will work through Friday and Saturday to monitor conditions aboard the cargo vessel APL Peru.

A smoldering fire persists in the vessel's number five cargo hold. Coast Guard and SFD members aboard the ship determined the smoldering is contained and there is little risk of the fire growing.  Crews will work to pump additional carbon dioxide into the hold in order to smother what remains of the fire.

The crew of the APL Peru reported smoke and heated bulkheads in and around the ship's number five cargo hold Sunday, Oct. 5, while transiting from Hong Kong.

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