Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff Writer
RENSSELAER - The organization that maintains the historic USS Slater will not be cited for an accidental two-alarm fire that broke out aboard the vessel last week at its winter berth in the Port of Rensselaer, officials said.
Eight retirees, who are Navy veterans and volunteer their time, were working in a maze of com partments below deck, in the bow of the World War II destroyer escort, when a metal cutting torch sparked the blaze. The fire was contained to the chief petty officer's mess, which is a 10-square-foot compartment, said Tim Rizzuto, the ship's superintendent.
Rensselaer Assistant Fire Chief Jay …
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