VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP)- A runaway barge pushed by a violent storm into the surf off of Virginia Beach is ready to be towed off to sea.

The Coast Guard says the 570-foot vessel could be towed from the Sandbridge section of the resort city sometime on Monday.

A spokesman for the shipping company that owns the barge says the vessel has empty containers with possible chlorine residue. The guard says there is no evidence the barge has leaked.

Since the barge drifted perilously close to the fishing pier on Friday, onlookers have gathered to look at the wayward ship.

The barge was being towed from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to New Jersey when a cable snapped, freeing the barge.