Grand Isle, LA

Dozens of people escaped a fire aboard a research vessel about 100 nautical miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana, on Monday, Oct. 12, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

New video from the U.S. Coast Guard shows the rescue after a research vessel caught fire about 100 miles off the coast of Grand Isle on Monday. The U....

Crew members from the research vessel Rem Andes, which caught fire about 100 nautical miles off Grand Isle, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, were re...

GRAND ISLE — The United States Coast Guard is responding to a fire on a vessel with 42 people aboard on Monday afternoon.USCG crews said that they responded to the fire around 1:08 p.m. The fire happened about 100 miles south of Grand Isle. Those who entered life rafts were safely transferred to nearby rescue boats, the Coast Guard said.USCG crews are still on scene to help account for all people aboard the vessel. Permalink| Comments

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a fire Monday on a research vessel about 100 nautical miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana.The vessel, called the Re...

The Coast Guard is responding to a vessel fire about 100 miles south of Grand Isle. Forty-two people were reported aboard.People who got into life raf...

It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured.

The Oleander has welcomed visitors for more than six decades and is the island’s last surviving historic hotel.