The MOL Prestige is a 293-metre container ship. (Twitter photo)
MOL Prestige adrift following engine fire
A container ship has gone adrift about 207 nautical miles southwest of Haida Gwaii after an engine fire caused it to lose propulsion.
The MOL Prestige — a 293-metre, Singapore-flagged cargo ship — was reported in distress at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Lieutenant Tony Wright of the Victoria Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said a Buffalo aircraft was dispatched to the scene and that the Canadian Coast Guard ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier is expected to arrive on scene at midnight tonight.
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