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U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/19/2022 12:56 PM EDT

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Coast Guard assists agency partners, fights condo fire in Port Isabel, Texas

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Taylor, coxswain of a 24-foot Special Purpose Craft–Shallow Water boat crew from Station South Padre Island, uses a P-6 dewatering pump to put out a fire at Oyster Cove Condominiums in Port Isabel, Texas, Oct. 19, 2022. The Coast Guard boat crew brought Brownsville Fire Department and Port Isabel Fire Department firefighters closer to the burning condos and piers than they could get via land. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station South Padre Island) Members of a 24-foot Special Purpose Craft–Shallow Water boat crew from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island prepare to assist a Brownsville Fire Department firefighter in putting out a fire at Oyster Cove Condominiums in Port Isabel, Texas, Oct. 19, 2022. The Coast Guard boat crew brought Brownsville Fire Department and Port Isabel Fire Department firefighters closer to the burning condos and piers than they could get via land. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station South Padre Island)
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Cantu, a machinery technician with a 24-foot Special Purpose Craft–Shallow Water boat crew from Station South Padre Island, uses a P-6 dewatering pump to put out a fire at Oyster Cove Condominiums in Port Isabel, Texas, Oct. 19, 2022. The Coast Guard boat crew brought Brownsville Fire Department and Port Isabel Fire Department firefighters closer to the burning condos and piers than they could get via land. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station South Padre Island)

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard assisted local fire department personnel in extinguishing a fire at a condominium in Port Isabel, Texas, Wednesday.

Coast Guard Station South Padre Island watchstanders received a call from Port Isabel Fire Department personnel at about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday requesting assistance fighting a fire at Oyster Cove Condominiums in the Port Isabel Fingers.

Station South Padre Island launched a 24-foot Special Purpose Craft–Shallow Water boat crew with two Brownsville Fire Department firefighters and two P-6 dewatering pumps on board.

The SPC–SW crew arrived on scene at 12:55 a.m. and positioned the boat near the condo buildings, two of which had collapsed. Using the P-6 pumps, firefighters and Station South Padre Island boat crew members worked to extinguish flames in the condo buildings and on surrounding piers. By 2:38 a.m., crews extinguished all fires at Oyster Cove Condominiums and the SPC–SW boat crew returned to Station South Padre Island.

No injuries or fatalities were reported as a result of the condo fire.

"Although we typically train to respond to fires on board boats, we’re glad we could apply our expertise and equipment to aid in putting out the condo fire this morning,” said Lt. Shane Gunderson, commanding officer, Station South Padre Island. “We will continue to work alongside our invaluable agency partners to protect and assist members of our surrounding communities.”

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Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Harrison Hughes and Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Cantu, machinery technicians with a 24-foot Special Purpose Craft–Shallow Water boat crew from Station South Padre Island, help put out a fire at Oyster Cove Condominiums in Port Isabel, Texas, Oct. 19, 2022. The Coast Guard boat crew brought Brownsville Fire Department and Port Isabel Fire Department firefighters closer to the burning condos and piers than they could get via land. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station South Padre Island) Firefighters from the Brownsville and Port Isabel Fire Departments extinguish a fire using a Coast Guard P-6 dewatering pump at Oyster Cove Condominiums in Port Isabel, Texas, Oct. 19, 2022. A 24-foot Special Purpose Craft–Shallow Water boat crew from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island brought the firefighters closer to the burning condos and piers than they could get via land. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station South Padre Island)
A fire blazes at Oyster Cove Condominiums in Port Isabel, Texas, Oct. 19, 2022. A 24-foot Special Purpose Craft–Shallow Water boat crew from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island brought Brownsville Fire Department and Port Isabel Fire Department firefighters closer to the burning condos and piers than they could get via land. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station South Padre Island) A fire blazes at Oyster Cove Condominiums in Port Isabel, Texas, Oct. 19, 2022. A 24-foot Special Purpose Craft–Shallow Water boat crew from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island brought Brownsville Fire Department and Port Isabel Fire Department firefighters closer to the burning condos and piers than they could get via land. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station South Padre Island)

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