A plume of black smoke visible far and wide on Mobile Bay Sunday afternoon originated with a small boat fire.

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the “marine-related incident” occurred at about 3:10 p.m. Sunday, April 2, and involved a sailboat that had caught on fire.

The smoke could be seen from USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, though the vessel itself was so far south that it couldn’t be seen from that distance.

The ALEA release did not specify where on the bay the vessel was located. ALEA said that troopers with the Marine Patrol Division were investigating along with the United States Coast Guard and that the Mobile Fire Department also was responding to the incident.