An environmental group urged people who find any debris on shore to treat it as toxic and not to handle it
The number of lost containers could change and “there’s a good chance that a lot of them have already sunk,” McCooey told a news briefing.
Crews attacked flare-ups inside individual containers overnight, which didn’t spread, and they continued to look for hot spots on Wednesday, coast guard official Paul Barrett said.Article content Tugboats pour water on the container ship Zim Kingston after it caught fire off the coast of Vancouver Island.McCooey said authorities now have a list of contents from all the containers identified as being lost, including industrial and car parts, Christmas decorations, sofas, poker tables, clothing, toys, yoga mats, stand-up paddle boards and other everyday items.
The coast guard said an environmental unit has been established, made up of federal, provincial, municipal and First Nations representatives.Dave Pridham, deputy provincial incident commander, said air quality is being monitored along the shoreline and on board the Zim Kingston, and monitoring crews have not recorded any contaminants of concern at levels that are a risk to public health.
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