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Smoke on Port Moody’s waters Fire at Pacific Coast Terminals Sunday DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
Fire crews in Port Moody extinguish a blaze at the Pacific Coast Terminals on Sunday night. SHANE MACKICHAN PHOTO
The waterfront in downtown Port Moody was covered in a smokey haze Sunday night after a conveyor belt caught fire at Pacific Coast Terminals. It took about three hours to fully douse the fire at the industrial site in the 2300block of Columbia Street. A ladder truck had to be called in to be able to reach the machinery near the loading dock. “It was a difficult fire to fight because of the access to the conveyor belt,” said Port Moody Fire Chief Darcey O’Riordan. As many as 11 firefighters from the city’s two halls attended the fire. Although the fire was kept to the equipment, it was a
difficult blaze to put out because of its location on the property, O’Riordan said. “We had to bring in the ladder towers to be able to direct the water streams.” A foreman from Pacific Coast Terminals was also on hand to assist the firefighters on the best way to tackle the blaze, O’Riordan said. “He gave us the intel we needed to extinguish the fire.” Pacific Coast Terminals announced on its website that the fire started shortly after 5 p.m. near the ship loader on a conveyor. “Port Moody Fire Rescue responded quickly and no one was hurt in the incident. The fire has since been put out and the cause is currently being determined,” the PCT website states. A witness on the scene said the fire appeared to be near a docked freighter; crews could be seen using multiple hoses and a ladder truck to extinguish the fire.