Fire on cargo ship off British Columbia coast reported out
NEAH BAY, Wash. - Forty shipping containers are adrift in the Pacific Ocean after rough seas knocked them off of a ship just west of the Strait of Juan de Fuca entrance.
The ship lost the containers around midnight Friday and some of the containers are still floating, the U.S. Coast Guard told FOX 13 News.
Photos captured from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles helicopter show containers in the Pacific Ocean.
The vessel was currently anchored near Victoria, British Columbia, and is taking inventory.
Coast Guard crews were flying over the area to monitor the movement of the containers.
The ship also caught fire and the Canadian Coast Guard sent boats to spray water onto the vessel. By Monday morning, the containers were continuing to smolder.
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Photos captured from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles helicopter show containers in the Pacific Ocean.
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