Incidents Gallery

[NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge BOUCHARD B155 incident, Tampa Bay, Florida, August 1993. An overflight of an island and oil in Tampa Bay, Florida. Barge BOUCHARD B155 incident, Tampa Bay, Florida, August 1993. Tarballs are measured on a beach in tampa Bay, Florida. Barge BOUCHARD B155 incident, Tampa Bay, Florida, August 1993. Heavy equipment is used to scrape oil off beaches. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge BOUCHARD B155 incident, Tampa Bay, Florida, August 1993. A cleanup worker vaccums oil off the rocks and sand at a beach in Tampa Bay, Florida. Barge BOUCHARD B155 incident, Tampa Bay, Florida, August 1993. Cleanup workers vaccum oil from rocks and sand. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge BOUCHARD B155 incident, Tampa Bay, Florida, August 1993. Heavy equipment is used to till and scrape oiled sediments from this beach in Tampa Bay, Florida. Barge BOUCHARD B155 incident, Tampa Bay, Florida, August 1993. Tarmat and oil sheen on water. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Barge BOUCHARD B155 incident, Tampa Bay, Florida, August 1993. Booms and skimmers trying to contain oil around this island in Tampa Bay, Florida. Barge BOUCHARD B155 incident, Tampa Bay, Florida, August 1993. Vehicles, heavy machinery, and supplies used during the incident. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. Smoke from the crippled tanker. Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. Smoke billows out of the totaled tanker. Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. Smoke from the smoldering tanker. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. Another look at the smoldering tanker. Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. The tanker after the fire is out. Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. Fire is still visible as attempts to extinguish it continue. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. A close-up of the smoke billowing from the tanker. Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. As the sun sets, the smoke still rises from the smoldering tanker. [NOAA OR&R Photo] Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. Smoke rises from the still smoldering tanker. Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. Smoldering tanker after fire. Tanker BURMAH AGATE incident, Galveston Harbor entrance, Texas, November 1979. The freighter MIMOSA, whose collsion with the BURMAH AGATE caused the fire and oil spill.

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