U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian marine safety agencies begin investigations into towing vessel fire
CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard and marine safety agencies from Canada began their investigations Wednesday into the fire aboard the towing vessel Patrice McAllister near Prince Edward Point, Ontario.
The most severely injured crewmember, the boat’s chief engineer, died in a Toronto hospital Wednesday morning.
The 105-foot U.S.-flagged vessel was transiting on Lake Ontario from Toledo, Ohio, to...