Alameda Fire Department addresses sinking ship in Oakland Estuary

The Alameda Fire Department was on the scene of a large masted vessel sinking in the Oakland Estuary Sunday evening the department reported Firefighters worked to protect other vessels in the block of Blanding Avenue in the estuary from being impacted and deployed a floating boom to prevent oil spread the department noted on X shortly before p m Sunday It was not promptly clear what caused the ship to sink