Toxicity alert off the Pacific coast of Canada due to a burning container ship. The Zim Kingston, which carries chemicals and is anchored in the Juan de Fuca Strait, south of Vancouver Island, according to the alert issued by the authorities, "emits poisonous gases".
"An emergency zone has been set up," the Canadian Coast Guard points out.
On board the ship, there are over 52 tons of chemicals loaded into two of the containers that caught fire, and ten crew members were evacuated.
(Unioneonline / ss)
