Fear of releasing toxic gases!
On Sunday (October 24), a cargo ship was burning in the waters off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, and this disastrous sight instantly made headlines in the foreign media, almost all crew members abandoned the ship urgently, and the cargo of a ship is currently uncertain!
According to the Canadian Coast Guard investigation, the cargo ship is called ZIM KINGSTON, and it is the same ship that crashed 40 containers into the sea yesterday.
I just didn't expect that this ship in the center of the storm actually carried a container with combustible dangerous goods.
On the evening of October 23, the ship was just outside Victoria Harbour on Vancouver Island.
Due to very bad weather conditions, the containers collided and swirled on board, causing the two containers containing the 52,000 kilograms of dangerous chemical Potassium Amylxanthate n-pentyltylxanthantrazinate to catch fire.
When the smoke first began, the crew was putting out the fire with the emergency fire pipes on the ship, but this was the cup of water, and the rows of cabinets began to smoke.
This is how the containers have just started to smoke, there are only 2 containers of dangerous goods, but other cabinets have also been affected. Things became more and more dangerous and 10 crew members were evacuated urgently.
Subsequently, the fire grew larger and larger, and the Canadian Coast Guard urgently dispatched a rescue team to extinguish the fire.
However, there are flammable chemicals in the combustion, which are difficult to extinguish, and cannot be extinguished directly with water!
On October 24, the fire was still active, and all the remaining crew members were about to abandon the ship and evacuate.
The Canadian Coast Guard issued a statement stating: "These dangerous goods may release toxic gases and will pay close attention to the air quality!" "
According to the public information of the Vesselfinder.com, we can see that the ship sailed from Busan, South Korea to Vancouver, and had previously docked in multiple Chinese ports.
Cargo ports include Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, and it can be said that this ship is full of Chinese goods.
Yesterday, the ship caused a lot of topics in the Chinese WeChat group, many local Chinese usually shipped some daily necessities from China, and some group friends prayed: "I hope our things are not in it." ”
Desperately, this disaster could lead to emptyer Canadian shelves.
Remember IKEA's empty shelves? Remember the desperation of all out of stock on the IKEA website?
There are also empty shelves in supermarkets, which may not arrive in the near future.
Several local Brands in Canada reportedly include Aritzia Inc., Lululemon Athletica Inc. Both Roots Corp and Roots Corp are anxiously waiting for cargo to arrive.
Now it seems that the North American people's Christmas may be very sad.
It is reported that the ship full of cargo has just entered the waters of Vancouver Island and was hit by violent waves, and as many as 40 cabinets fell into the sea in an instant, and now it is being caught on fire, which is really unlucky.
But the situation could have been worse, even as the Canadian Coast Guard was still extinguishing fires and even salvaging 40 cabinets floating at sea.
The super bomb whirlwind has arrived.
Just now, a bomb whirlwind has landed on Vancouver Island.
Wind speeds in Victoria, Vancouver Island, are now as high as 70 km/h.
A photographer on Vancouver Island captured what the sea level looked like when a whirlwind hit:
Someone came across a blown tree on the road:
Sunshine Coast, a favorite tourist attraction for the Chinese, was not spared this time, and the old trees in the provincial park were blown up:
There are also people who live by the sea who have taken a thrilling video, and the hurricane is coming with the sea:
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The reporter was disheveled in the wind and unable to speak:
BC hydro released, there are already 13,728 households are suffering from power outages.
BChydro tweeted that more people may face power outages next, but don't be afraid, they are already rushing to repair.
According to weather network forecasts, the storm will last until Monday.
This whirlwind will blow not only in Canada, but also in the United States. Now, the U.S. media has begun to warn that 50 million U.S. countries will be affected by this bomb whirlwind, from California to New York, there will be heavy rain, strong winds and even blizzards.
The U.S. Weather Service said this weekend could bring the West Coast its worst flash flood watch in 11 years.
These two days, everyone must be careful when traveling.
Source: Canada Presse
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