Ferry Fire
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Artifacts removed from historic P.E.I. ferry Holiday Island before trip to scrapyardThe automobile-passenger ferry, in service since 1971, will be hauled away for scrap in November.CanadaOct 31, 2022
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Ferry service resuming Wednesday between P.E.I. and N.S. after fire on vesselNorthumberland Ferries Limited said it will begin an interim schedule Wednesday consisting of four round trips between Caribou, N.S., and Wood Islands, P.E.I.CanadaJul 26, 2022
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Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island ferry service cancelled for another day after fireNorthumberland Ferries says regular service won't resume while divers are still conducting recovery operations in the water and environmental containment booms are still in place.CanadaJul 25, 2022
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Islanders pitch in after P.E.I. ferry fire, offer up homes to stranded passengersWhile the company managed to find commercial accommodations for most customers, the CEO of Northumberland Ferries hosted some families on Friday night.CanadaJul 24, 2022
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Passengers evacuated from N.S.-P.E.I. ferry waiting to get vehicles backNorthumberland Ferries is hoping to reunite the evacuees with their vehicles Sunday evening or Monday. The company will ship them to those who have since out of the area.CanadaJul 24, 2022
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P.E.I. ferry tugged to berth as work commences to ensure fire fully extinguishedNorthumberland Ferries Ltd. says the blaze, which broke out in the ship's engine room Friday morning, appears to have been out since late Saturday afternoon.FireJul 24, 2022
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Fire continues to burn on P.E.I.-N.S. ferry, crossings cancelled for rest of weekendCrossings between P.E.I. and N.S. are cancelled for the rest of the weekend and passengers have yet to retrieve their vehicles as a fire continues to burn aboard MV Holiday Island.CanadaJul 23, 2022
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Van bursts into flames boarding B.C. ferry to TsawwassenTwo B.C. Ferries employees were sent to hospital as a precaution, but no one was injured in the incident.NewsNov 1, 2018
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Firefighters board charred ferry in Italy, find black box data recorderItalian firefighters and investigators boarded the charred Norman Atlantic ferry on Friday and retrieved a data recorder they hope will help them discover what caused a deadly blaze.WorldJan 2, 2015
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Wildly different numbers from Greece, Italy for missing after ferry fireThe numbers ranged from as many as 98, according to an Italian prosecutor, to 18, according to the Greek Merchant Marine Ministry.WorldJan 1, 2015
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