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Overnight Thursday, a large fire broke out aboard a deck barge at the port of Surrey, BC, sending a dense plume of smoke into the air and startling residents who thought it was a commercial building fire. The fire broke out aboard a barge at a scrap metal terminal at Musqueam Drive, on the Surrey side of the Fraser River. The local fire department received a call at about 2300 hours reporting a major fire, and found a burning barge laden with scrap metal. At its peak, the blaze extended the length of the barge and engulfed the pile. The fire department treated it as a two-alarm fire and kept hoses on it into Friday. Metro Vancouver, the regional authority, said Friday that it was monitoring air quality given the large volume of smoke given off by the smoldering pile. Stay on Top of the Daily Maritime News The maritime news that matters most Get the latest maritime news delivered to your inbox daily. Subscribe Now // Global validation function (only defined once) if (!window.validateEmailSignupForm) { window.validateEmailSignupForm = function(form) { const input = form.querySelector(‘.email-signup__input’); const email = input.value.trim(); input.classList.remove(‘error’); if (!email || !email.includes(‘@’) || !email.includes(‘.’)) { input.classList.add(‘error’); input.focus(); return false; } return true; }; } // Fetch fresh CSRF token for all forms (only once) if (!window.csrfTokenFetched) { window.csrfTokenFetched = true; fetch(‘/csrf-token’) .then(r => r.json()) .then(data => { document.querySelectorAll(‘.email-signup input[name=”_token”]’).forEach(input => { input.value = data.token; }); }) .catch(() => {}); } // Unique callback for this form instance window.submitEmailSignup_email_signup_69d43ca5c04f2 = function(token) { const form = document.getElementById(’email-signup-69d43ca5c04f2′); if (window.validateEmailSignupForm(form)) { form.submit(); } }; Courtesy Metro Vancouver Scrap metal fires are all too common, and are typically ignited by unwanted contaminants – notably lithium-ion batteries, which can burst into flame when damaged. The problem has grown in recent years alongside the expanding use (and discarding) of consumer battery-powered devices. The fires grow and accelerate in the presence of flammable debris within the pile, such as oily wastes and plastics.
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