Air quality monitored after barge fire in Surrey emits significant smoke | CBC News
Officials say they are monitoring the air quality after a barge fire in Surrey, B.C., sent large plumes of smoke into the air. Metro Vancouver Regional District said it’s aware of a barge fire near the stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge, also known as Riverview Bridge, which connects Surrey and New Westminster.
Firefighters, Coast Guard responding to barge on fire in Surrey near stal̕əw̓asəm (Riverview) Bridge
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Officials say they are monitoring the air quality after a barge fire in Surrey, B.C., sent large plumes of smoke into the air.
Metro Vancouver Regional District said it’s aware of a barge fire near the stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge, also known as Riverview Bridge, which connects Surrey and New Westminster.
The district said in a social media post on Friday around 7 a.m. PT that the blaze is producing “considerable smoke.”
It said firefighting efforts are ongoing and a video posted by the district shows a fireboat using water cannons to put out the flames.
Goods on the barge have been reduced to ashes.
Metro Vancouver said the fire has drawn a response from Surrey Fire Services and the Canadian Coast Guard, and the fire suppression operations are expected to continue throughout Friday.