Firefighters save rare World War II D-Day ship from massive Pier 45 fire.
on Saturday, sending a thick plume of smoke over the waterfront and threatening to spread to a historic World War II-era ship before firefighters brought the flames under control.
“That is something of grave concern. That is why we're actively trying to confirm if anybody saw anybody in this building,” he told KGO-TV. Alejandro Arellano, who works for La Rocca Seafood, was cleaning out a fish storage locker when the fire began, shortly after 4 a.m.. More than 130 firefighters fought the flames; some used ladder trucks to drench the warehouse from above. A fire boat was used to protect the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, a liberty ship that stormed Normandy on D-Day in 1944.“Our firefighters absolutely saved the SS Jeremiah O'Brien during this fire as flames were pinching on the side of this vessel,” Baxter said.
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