Two men rescued without injuries after tugboat sinks in Vancouver harbour

September 12, 2015 - 5:02 PM

VANCOUVER - Two men were pulled from Vancouver's harbour without injuries after a tugboat sank on Friday evening.

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre says it received a call at 6 p.m. that a 15-metre tugboat towing a barge had capsized.

The centre says the men were only in the water for a short time before they were rescued and treated by paramedics on shore.

The tugboat sank near the Centerm Terminal, east of Crab Park in Burrard Inlet.

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