Fire cancels BC Ferries sailings
Posted October 23, 2012 12:35 pm.
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TSAWWASSEN (NEWS1130) – BC Ferries says everyone is safe after a fire broke out on board the Queen of New Westminster this morning.
Several sailings on the Tsawwassen-Duke Point run have been cancelled.
Deborah Marshall with BC Ferries says it happened in the bow thruster compartment just after the ferry left Tsawwassen terminal.
“The fire has been suppressed and the vessel returned to dock. All of the passengers have been evacuated,” Marshall explains.
This is the same aging ferry that broke down and had to be pulled from service during the May Long weekend rush.
Cancelled sailings include:
12:45 p.m. departing Duke Point
3:15 p.m. departing Tsawwassen
5:45 p.m. departing Duke Point
8:15 p.m. departing Tsawwassen
10:45 p.m. departing Duke Point
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