Joint response team working on oil spill spreading to B.C. waters
A fishing boat with thousands of litres of fuel onboard sank between Greater Vicotria and Washington state on Aug. 13. A sheen spanning more than three kilometres was reported to have entered Canadian waters by that evening.
The United States Coast Guard first alerted the public to the 49-foot vessel going down off of San Juan Island’s Sunset Point on Saturday evening. A sheen spanning more than three kilometres was reported to have entered Canadian waters during the evening hours. Sunset Point sits across the way from Island View Regional Beach in Greater Victoria.
The officials said some of the endangered whales were near San Juan Island’s southern tip at the time of the incident, but none were observed in the affected area and reports show them heading west toward the Port Angeles area.
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