Barge tips spilling 50 to 100 scrap cars into Victoria Gorge

Sunday, August 30, 2015, 5:41 PM - Residents in southern B.C. have had a rough final weekend of August.

Clean-up efforts begin in Victoria after a barge tipped over, spilling debris from 50 to 100 scrap cars into Victoria's Gorge Waterway Friday.

A crane tipped over while loading cars onto the barge, causing the accident, CBC reports.

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No injuries were reported, though city of Victoria spokesperson Katie Hamilton says anywhere from 50 to 100 cars were in the Gorge Waterway.

Those on southern Vancouver Island were among many impacted by Saturday's damaging winds, causing two deaths and leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without power.

SOURCE: CBC