Port Metro Vancouver fire was accidental investigation finds

The Vancouver Fire Department has concluded the Port Metro Vancouver container fire in March was accidental, but was unable to pinpoint itscause.

The four-alarm chemical fireforcedhundreds in the city's downtown coreto stay indoors for several hours as fire crews battled heavy, toxic smoke.

The container fire was fuelled bytrichloroisocyanuric acidin the form of stabilized chlorine pool pucks.The containerhad come from China, and was waiting to be loaded onto a train bound for Eastern Canada.

"It is undetermined if the fire was a result of product, packaging, or handling failure within the secured container," saidVancouver Fire DepartmentCapt. Brian Hutchinson in a newsrelease.