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LA-Long Beach back in business after fire forces terminals to shut down
A LOS ANGELES port fire on the underside of an old wooden wharf has been put out but not before shutting down container terminals in the port and in the adjacent Port Of Long Beach because of smoke.
A welding accident ignited the 800-foot-long wharf, which has a warehouse running most of its length. The wharf is part of a breakbulk operation.
Seven of the eight Port of Los Angeles container terminals were reopened, and the eighth was scheduled to restart within hour, port spokesman Phillip Sanfield said.
Concern about the plume from burning creosote-preserved timber in the pre-World War II wharf also triggered a precautionary evacuation of 800 dockers and a nearby primary school, reported The Associated Press.
At Long Beach, all six terminals were functioning again after three closed for most of the day, the port said in a statement.
Firemen continued to work on the blaze at LA抯 Pasha facility where it started, and from where it spread to Long Beach抯 Pier T, Pier A and Pier F to close for the day
Through a mutual aid agreement, Long Beach Fire Department fireboats based in the Port of Long Beach have been assisting the Port of Los Angeles with fire suppression at Pasha.
A welding accident ignited the 800-foot-long wharf, which has a warehouse running most of its length. The wharf is part of a breakbulk operation.
Seven of the eight Port of Los Angeles container terminals were reopened, and the eighth was scheduled to restart within hour, port spokesman Phillip Sanfield said.
Concern about the plume from burning creosote-preserved timber in the pre-World War II wharf also triggered a precautionary evacuation of 800 dockers and a nearby primary school, reported The Associated Press.
At Long Beach, all six terminals were functioning again after three closed for most of the day, the port said in a statement.
Firemen continued to work on the blaze at LA抯 Pasha facility where it started, and from where it spread to Long Beach抯 Pier T, Pier A and Pier F to close for the day
Through a mutual aid agreement, Long Beach Fire Department fireboats based in the Port of Long Beach have been assisting the Port of Los Angeles with fire suppression at Pasha.
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