‘Machinery fire’ closes Delta port terminals Saturday [Video]

A large fire at the port in Delta, B.C., sent a plume of smoke into the sky Saturday morning.

Images posted on social media show smoke and flames visible from the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal.

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Global Container Terminals told CTV News the fire was not at its facility – which is known as GCT Deltaport – but at the Westshore Terminals facility next door.

Collectively, the two facilities are known as Roberts Bank.

In a statement to CTV News, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority confirmed that a “machinery fire” had been reported at Westshore Terminals, adding specifically that a “coal stacker” had caught fire.

“Delta fire responded to the incident immediately,” the statement reads. “There are no reported injuries at this time.”

The port authority added that the blaze had been “reported extinguished” by the terminal, and firefighters remained on scene to monitor the site.

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