Golden Ray cargo ship cleanup continues after Friday fire
The smoke is gone, the fire is gone, but if you take a closer look, you ll see crews continue to pump water from the sound into the ship to prevent another fire. Author: Dawn White Updated: 7:14 PM EDT May 15, 2021
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. Cleanup continues after the capsized Golden Ray cargo ship caught fire Friday. The ship has been stuck in the water since it capsized in 2019.
The ship remains in the St. Simons Sound Saturday. The smoke is gone, the fire is gone, but if you take a closer look, you ll see crews continue to pump water from the sound into the ship to make sure that it doesn’t catch fire again.
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Golden Ray on fire (Image from Golden Ray Online via Golden Ray Saint Simons Island Live Feed)
BRUNSWICK, Ga. – What remains of the Golden Ray, the massive ship that capsized in the St. Simons Sound in September 2019, caught fire at midday Friday and initially produced a massive amount of black smoke blowing toward Jekyll Island.
Live video from a Facebook page set up to monitor the dismantling of the ship showed flames and thick black smoke pouring from the ship at 1:45 p.m. About an hour later, most of the smoke being produced was white, which usually indicated there is less fuel for the fire. But at 3:45 p.m., large flames were seen again and copious, black smoke resumed spewing from the ship.
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