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Harris county, tx, USA

T/v Aframax River; Harris County, Tx, USA · NOAAORR-9359

issued
2016-09-06 00:00Z
status
cancelled 2016-09-20 00:00Z
self-cancels
2016-09-20 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.750, -95.097
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

T/V Aframax River; Harris County, TX, USA.
Harris County, TX, USA.
1. At approximately midnight on Sept, 5, 2016, the T/V Aframax River, caught fire when departing a cargo facility on Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel, Houston. The fire was extinguished in about an hour, but the vessel discharged marine grade diesel fuel into the water. Estimate of potential discharge was 80,000 gallons, with considerable uncertainty as to amount consumed by the fire. Fate and trajectory assistance were requested from the NOAA SSC.
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: MARINE GRADE DIESEL FUEL.
3. POSITION 29.750N 095.097W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9359: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9359

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