Chief Engineer now dead after tugboat fire

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LAKE ONTARIO — A commercial salvage vessel tows the tugboat Patrice McAllister across Lake Ontario, toward the freight dock in Clayton, N.Y., where Coast Guard marine inspectors will meet it, March 27, 2012. U.S. and Canadian rescue crews responded after the crew of the Patrice McAllister reported a fire onboard the vessel about 2 a.m., seven miles south of Prince Edward Point, Ontario.

Reported by: Nathan Lehman - 790 WTNY

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Published: 3/29/2012 7:21 am

Updated: 3/29/2012 9:16 am

One person has now died connected to that tugboat fire that occurred in Lake Ontario earlier this week. The U.S. Coast Guard says the tugboat's chief engineer died of burns suffered in the early morning fire. A total of six people on board the U.S boat were injured and hospitalized. The boat is currently docked in Clayton as the investigation into what sparked the fire continues

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