Crews say they're making some progress and the weather is co-operating as they deal with a grounded and potentially explosive barge on Haida Gwaii. The barge carrying Westcoast Resorts' Hippa Lodge broke from its moorings and ran aground on Lina Island, near the village of Queen Charlotte, on Sept. 8. When the barge went aground, there was concern that a possibly ruptured fuel line had filled the hold with potentially explosive vapours. HaiCo CEO Bob Brash estimates the fishing lodge barge floated around 10 kilometres before running aground on a beach on Lina Island. The lodge spends the summer at Hippa Island off Haida Gwaii's west coast before being towed to Vancouver for the winter season.

Source: CBC News September 18, 2018 16:41 UTC