The U.S. Coast Guard and partners responded to a fire onboard a non-operational natural gas platform offshore Santa Barbara, California, on Monday.
At 6:30 a.m. a fire occurred aboard platform Habitat when platform personnel were conducting decommissioning operations for the platform.
Platform Habitat, a non-oil producing platform, is located approximately 8 miles southwest of Santa Barbara.
Responders and platform personnel reported that the fire was extinguished at 11:40 a.m.
There are currently no indications of oil being released from the platform into the water and no current impacts to wildlife or the public.
Agencies involved:
- U.S. Coast Guard Southwest District
- U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach
- U.S. Coast Guard Station Channel Islands
- Ventura County Fire Department
- Ventura City Fire Department
- Santa Barbara County Fire Department
- Santa Barbara City Fire Department
- Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
- Marine Spill Response Corporation
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