Machinery fire put out at Delta, B.C., coal port terminal: Port authority – BC

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says a equipment hearth this morning at a Delta, B.C., terminal facility has been put out and no accidents have been reported.

The authority says in a written assertion {that a} coal stacker caught hearth at a facility operated by Westshore Terminals, quickly shutting operations on the terminal and a neighbouring facility operated by GCT Deltaport.

The assertion says the Delta fire department responded “instantly,” and the blaze has now been put out however hearth officers are nonetheless on scene to observe the location.

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The port authority says no accidents have been reported, and Westshore is “persevering with to handle” the response with Delta hearth officers.

Video footage posted on-line Saturday exhibits thick black smoke billowing upwards from a conveyor engulfed in flames on the facility.

Pictures posted on social media additionally present the smoke on the horizon seen from the Tsawwassen ferry terminal.

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