Duluth fire crews battle blaze on 118-year-old lake freighter
Duluth fire crews battle blaze on 118-year-old lake freighter The J.B. Ford, which is the oldest intact lake freighter still floating, has been housed at a scrapyard since 2015. Author: The oldest intact lake freighter still floating caught fire in Duluth on Monday. The Duluth Fire Department says crews responded at 3:21 p.m. to a call involving the J.B. Ford, a lake freighter that was in the process of being scrapped. According to FOX 21, the freighter was being dismantled at Azon Scrapyard on Rice's Point near the Blatnik Bridge. The fire department says a spark hit 118-year-old wood ...
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