VICTORIA — A fire that burned for nearly a week on the container ship anchored off Victoria's waterfront has been put out.
A statement from
The statement says the same firm has been retained to search for the 109 containers that were lost overboard last week, around the same time the fire started on the ship.
The Canadian Coast Guard said in a statement Thursday that at least five containers have been spotted in the waters or washed ashore on the northern tip of
At least two of the lost containers had hazardous materials, while others held Christmas decorations, sofas, appliances, car parts, toys and other everyday items.
The coast guard says trajectory modelling from the
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