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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON THE MOST CURRENT DATA PROVIDED TO NOAA. - AT 0840
EDT A FIRE ABOARD THE MV JUPITER OCCURRED. . THE JUPITER IS A TANK VESSEL AND WAS CARRYING
UNLEADED GASOLINE. . IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 20-25,000 BBLS OF ITS TOTAL 55,000 BBL CARGO WAS
ABOARD AT THE TIME THE FIRE BEGAN. . CG MSO DETROIT IS THE OSC AND IS WORKING WITH THE
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES TO CONTAIN THE INCIDENT. . THERE HAS BEEN NO SPILL OF PRODUCT TO THE
SAGINAW RIVER AT THIS TIME. . THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN BAY CITY, MI ALONG THE SAGINAW
RIVER, WHICH LEADS TO SAGINAW BAY AND EVENTUALLY TO LAKE HURON. . NOAA SUPPORT WAS
REQUESTED BY MICHIGAN DNR AND MICHGAN DEPT PUBLIC HLTH . AIR MODELLING/BRAINSTORMING WAS
PROVIDED BY GALT. . BOOTS AND COOTS ARE ENROUTE TO ADDRESS THE FIRE. . NO NOAA PERSONNEL
ON SCENE AT THIS TIME. . JAY RODSTEIN, NOAA SSC