Several containers with a dangerous substance fell into the water, the crew was evacuated
The MV Zim Kingston container ship caught fire. Photo: collage “Today”
A container ship Zim Kingston, carrying chemicals for the mining industry, caught fire on the border between the United States and Canada. Experts are working on assessing the situation.
According to Reuters, sixteen crew members were evacuated, while five remained on board to extinguish the fire. Ten containers are currently on fire and the fire continues to spread, but the ship itself is not on fire.
Also, the Canadian Coast Guard is working with American colleagues to track 40 containers that fell overboard.
“This is very worrying. The ship and containers are very close to Victoria, British Columbia and a big storm is expected tonight. We are concerned that this could be another environmental disaster.”– said the head of the environmental organization Surfrider. Foundation Canada David Boudino.
Fires on ships
- Unfortunately, such situations are not uncommon in the world. So, in June near Sri Lanka the ship with the Ukrainians caught fire… The MSC MESSINA was sailing to Singapore. Halfway through, a fire broke out in the engine room of the ship, and a 20-year-old sailor from Odessa died.
- Also earlier a ship caught fire off the coast of California… At least 34 people were killed. According to CNN, the incident took place on board a 25-meter commercial vessel, which was allegedly used by scuba divers.
- As a result fire on the Azerbaijani ship “Israfil Huseynov” 14 people were injured in the Caspian Sea, they received burns of varying severity. The incident happened during pipe-laying operations.
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