The investigation is happening as the start of coastal commercial Dungeness crab season approaches.
Pacific County is working with the ATF and a Pierce County Marine Fire investigator to determine the cause of a fire that sent flames roaring into the sky – the black smoke could be seen for miles.
“It’s a really big deal. A lot of the community is supported by the fishermen, the cannery, and the cannery workers. It’s the livelihood of the whole area,” commercial fisherman George Pederson told KING 5 Monday.
The coastal Dungeness crab industry is one of the most important commercial fisheries in the state, according to the Washington State Department of
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