Fishing Vessel Catches Fire and Sinks at Cook’s Harbour Wharf

On September 18, 2015 at approximately 7 p.m., St. Anthony RCMP was dispatched to a complaint of a vessel fire at the Cook’s Harbour, N.L. Wharf. The Cook’s Harbour Fire Department and St. Anthony Fire Department were already on scene when police arrived. The 65-foot Fishing Vessel Sylvialyn II, had caught fire while docked at the wharf at approximately 5:30 p.m. that afternoon. The vessel was vacant at the time of the fire. Both Fire Departments continued efforts to extinguish the ...