Fire service on the scene after toxic canister washed up at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast A CANISTER containing toxic material has washed up at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. A Queensland Fire Services spokeswoman has reported that emergency services are on scene and have sealed and bagged the canister. They are assuming the canister is similar to other canisters that have washed up along the Queensland coast this year. Those canisters have contained a toxic gas used to kill rats on ships. The substance is highly harmful to humans. The council has been notified of the find.