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#2801 LJ

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Posted 23 October 2021 - 06:27 PM

I don't think we have much of a seaborne fire fighting capability do we?


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#2802 todd

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Posted 23 October 2021 - 07:30 PM

“…Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria says 16 crew members have been evacuated by Coast Guard while five remain on board as of 7:30 p.m. Saturday. They say no injuries have been reported and there has been no call to abandon ship..”

“…more than 52,080 kilograms of potassium amylxanthate..”

“… 1.6 kilometre emergency zone..”

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#2803 Sparky

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Posted 23 October 2021 - 07:31 PM

Isn’t the captain supposed to go down with the ship?

Are we going to have a batch of sea cans wash up on the shores of Dallas Road?

What’s in those things anyway?

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Posted 23 October 2021 - 07:33 PM

Oh I see. 100,000 pounds of nasty.

#2805 todd

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Posted 23 October 2021 - 07:40 PM

Are we going to have a batch of sea cans wash up on the shores of Dallas Road?

What’s in those things anyway?


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#2806 todd

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Posted 23 October 2021 - 07:56 PM

Smells like burning plastic outside got my air purifiers going. windows closed.

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#2807 Mike K.

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Posted 23 October 2021 - 09:19 PM

Oh I see. 100,000 pounds of nasty.


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#2808 todd

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 08:27 AM

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#2809 todd

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 09:02 AM

CCG: “Overnight the tug Seaspan Raven has cooled the hull of the M/V #ZimKingston by spraying the hull with cold water. Due to the nature of chemicals onboard the container ship, applying water directly to the fire is not an option.”: https://twitter.com/...8286861316?s=21


So just “boundary cooling” to keep it from melting and sinking.

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#2810 Sparky

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 09:38 AM

I wonder if this event will raise awareness about how hazardous cargo should be shipped through the straights to Seattle or Vancouver.

It’s obviously more risky to ship hazardous materials than televisions. Should there be a toll on shipping vessels? Should those toll fees be used to fund emergency programs?

#2811 todd

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 11:09 AM

“..A fire burned for hours in several containers aboard a cargo ship charted by Israeli giant Zim Integrated Shipping Services as it lay off Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia on Sunday..”: https://www.timesofi...oast-of-canada/

#2812 todd

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 11:17 AM

Wind has picked up.

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#2813 Spy Black

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 12:13 PM

Fires largely out. What might look like smoke is blowing water from the massive fire boat on scene. 
 

There really isn’t any smoke to be seen as of 13:00. 


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#2814 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 12:19 PM

Does this paragraph make any sense?




Water was sprayed throughout the night and into the morning by Seaspan Raven. “Due to the nature of chemicals onboard the container ship, applying water directly to the fire is not an option,” the Canadian Coast Guard said.



https://www.timescol...cals-1.24365674



If it does, at least explain. But the article makes no such effort.

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#2815 Spy Black

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 12:38 PM

The burning chemical is basically sulphur. You can’t use water on a sulphur fire, as all it does is spread the fire around without actually extinguishing the fire. 
 

Sulphur fires require chemical extinguishers, or in this case - just let the fire burn out. 
 

They sprayed water on the hull, and the adjacent containers through the night, to prevent the metal from buckling and causing even more (different) issues. 



#2816 todd

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 02:51 PM

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#2817 Spy Black

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 03:52 PM

I took this pic an hour or so ago (15:00 on Sunday). All of what you see in the air is wind blown water.

 

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#2818 Mike K.

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 05:40 PM

Do we have any insight into what the 40 containers that were lost at sea contained?

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#2819 spanky123

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Posted 24 October 2021 - 07:20 PM

Do we have any insight into what the 40 containers that were lost at sea contained?


Apparently they were full of Bitcoin!
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#2820 Mike K.

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Posted 25 October 2021 - 07:10 AM

Bitcoin miners, you mean :)

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