Freighter adrift off Haida Gwaii

A commercial shipping vessel is adrift off Haida Gwaii after a fire in its engine room.
The MOL Prestige was en route from Vancouver to Japan when the fire broke out somewhere west of Haida Gwaii. The ship departed Roberts Bank on Monday.
The crew was able to put out the fire but several crew members were injured. They have been transported to hospital in Queen Charlotte City by an Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter.
The ship is now “dead in the water,” running only on internal powe