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P.E.I. ferry fire in 2022 prompts national investigation by safety board
QUEENS COUNTY, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, JUL 23 – The Transportation Safety Board will examine systemic safety gaps after nearly 400 commercial vessel fires, including the MV Holiday Island blaze caused by failed fuel injection repairs.
- On July 23, 2025, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada issued its final report and opened a national probe into ship fires, according to The Canadian Press.
- A failed temporary repair to the Holiday Island’s fuel injection system sparked the July 2022 fire, investigators found, and the report found Transport Canada retained safety accountability as the vessel's 'authorized representative' despite Northumberland Ferries operating it.
- On July 22, 2022, at around 11 a.m. AT, the fire erupted in the ferry's engine room during its crossing, the suppression unit failed to discharge, and the compartment's incomplete seal allowed oxygen to fuel the blaze.
- The 50-year-old vessel was scrapped early due to extensive damage, after more than 200 people evacuated safely, and the crew and first responders contained the fire to the engine room.
- Its national investigation will probe systemic ship fire safety gaps, and the board noted that over 35 years it has issued nine fire safety concerns and 10 recommendations, said the investigation will examine systemic safety issues.
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TSB launches national investigation after report on P.E.I. ferry fire reveals safety gaps
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has released its final report into the July 2022 fire aboard the MV Holiday Island ferry, saying it will launch a national safety issue investigation on vessel fires and emergency response practices to lessen the impact of future incidents.
P.E.I. ferry fire in 2022 prompts national investigation by safety board - OHS Canada Magazine
The ferry MV Holiday Island is seen in this handout photo, at the entrance to the Wood Islands terminal, with the marine evacuation slides and life rafts deployed, on July 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout – TSB, North River Fire Department (Mandatory Credit) A fire on a ferry in Prince Edward Island in 2022 that forced an emergency evacuation has led Canada’s transportation safety board to launch a national investigation into ship fires and …
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P.E.I. ferry fire in 2022 prompts national investigation by safety board
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has launched a national investigation into shipboard fires and related response.
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