Sunken tug boat leaking diesel fuel near B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest
BELLA BELLA, B.C. — A containment boom has been placed around a tug boat that began leaking diesel fuel after it ran aground and sank on Thursday near British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest, says the coast guard.
The leaking fuel is expected to dissipate and divers were on the scene to examine the vessel and attempt to plug leaks, said a coast guard statement.
Photos from above the site show a slick of fuel around the barge, which remains attached to the sunken tug.
The 30-metre Nathan E. Stewart, which is registered in the United States, and an empty fuel barge it was pushing ran around early Thursday morning in Seaforth Channel on the central coast, said the coast guard.