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A container fire aboard a freight ship off Victoria continued to burn Sunday, after response vessels spent the night cooling the boat's hull itself with water.
The Canadian Coast Guard helped evacuate 16 people from a vessel with 10 containers burning onboard while five crew remained to fight fires.
VICTORIA - The Canadian Coast Guard says a fire is continuing to burn in several containers aboard a cargo ship about eight kilometres off the coast of
Burning cargo ship spews toxic gas off Canada's Pacific coast
VICTORIA — Applying cold water directly to a fire burning in 10 containers aboard a cargo ship near Victoria is not an option due to hazardous materials in two of them, the Canadian Coast Guard said Sunday.