Baltimore bridge collapse: Coast Guard says 56 containers on cargo ship have hazardous materials

Coast Guard Vice Adm. Peter Gautier says 56 containers onboard the ship that hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore have hazardous materials, but there is no safety threat.

Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.

"The majority of those containers are closer to the pilot house and are completely unaffected by the damage to the bow of the ship," he said. "And we have not determined that there's any kind of release at this time." 

"The real critical thing here is that, as you know, a portion of the bridge remains on the bow on that ship, and we will be coordinating very closely with the Army Corps of Engineers and their contractors to first effect the removal of that debris before the vessel can then be removed," Gautier added. "The vessel bow is sitting on the bottom because of the weight of that bridge debris on there."