# Video: 2 barges collided near Galveston. One with naphtha caught fire

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**Created:** [July 21, 2015, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/video-2-barges-collided-near-galveston-one-with-naphtha-caught-fire/15067 "2015-07-21T07:25:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/video-2-barges-collided-near-galveston-one-with-naphtha-caught-fire/15067/1 "2015-07-21T07:25:14Z")

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Video: 2 barges collided near Galveston, TX on Jul 20. One with petroleum caught fire. Incident took place at night, ab 1-30 am, after one of the 2 involved tugboats lost power. Traffic along the Houston Ship Channel was not interrupted…