Seabus Station Evacuated due to Smoking Vessel

by uncleweed | December 11, 2007 at 09:12 pm
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Seabus Smoking

The Seabus (not sure if it was the Otter or the Beaver) began smoking heavily upon docking at Waterfront Station.  After passengers dismebarked and crew investigated the problem, the station was evacuated and firetrucks responded.  The counterpart vessel waited in Burrard Inlet and didn't immediately dock.

Nothing more to report at this time.

Seabus Smoking

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Evacuating the Seabus Station due to Smoking Vessel
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Brian A Kennedy
Brian A Kennedy
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at 04:20 on December 12th, 2007

uncleweed, excellent local news -- thanks much for this. So everyone got out okay?

Rob Walker
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at 05:49 on December 12th, 2007

uncleweed, thanks for getting this out to us so quickly. Are these your photos? Nice work.

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Brian - yeah it seemed like no injuries - as soon as the smoke began billowing into the station, the alarm sounded the people trudged up the skyway.  The folks heading to board the Seabus seemed to ignore the warning and contined down the skyway despite the alarm and people walking out en messae. There were no crew directing people so in a bigger emergency that could have been a crowd problem but in this case, the incident was quickly brought under control.  I saw fire and paramedics arrive but limited activity required at that point.

Rob - I ride the Seabus every day so just happended to have great timing (again ;-)), once the vessel pulled in, i was standing at the back and noticed the smoke and grabbed my camera real quick before evacuation.  I've got abit of video to post as well.

Jordan Yerman
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at 09:47 on December 12th, 2007

uncleweed, great work. Sorry that you have such, uh, newsworthy timing in your commute, but our nws coverage benefits immensely.

Rob Peters
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at 09:54 on December 12th, 2007

Thanks uncleweed. Would love to see more of this kind of news coverage on the site.

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