The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority states an tools hearth right this moment at a Delta, B.C., incurable heart has really been produced and no accidents had been reported.
The authority states in a created declaration {that a} coal stacker ignited at a middle run by Westshore Terminals, briefly closing procedures on the incurable and an adjoining heart run by GCT Deltaport.
The declaration states the Delta hearth division reacted “immediately,” and the blaze has really at the moment been produced but hearth authorities are nonetheless on scene to examine the web site.
The port authority states no accidents had been reported, and Westshore is “continuing to manage” the response with Delta hearth authorities.
Video video revealed on-line Saturday reveals thick black smoke rippling upwards from a conveyor swallowed up in fires on the heart.
Photos revealed on social media websites likewise reveal the smoke developing noticeable from the Tsawwassen ferryboat terminal.
This document by The Canadian Press was preliminary releasedDec 28, 2024.
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press
