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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigated this occurrence for the purpose of advancing transportation safety. It is not the function of the Board to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.
Marine Investigation Report
Engine Room Fire and Subsequent
Failure of the CO2 Distribution Manifold
Roll-on/Roll-off Passenger Ferry Queen of Surrey
Queen Charlotte Channel, British Columbia
12 May 2003
Report Number M03W0073
Synopsis
On the morning of 12 May 2003, while en route in clear and calm conditions from Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia, to Langdale, British Columbia, with 318 passengers and 137 vehicles on board, the Queen of Surrey suffered a diesel oil fire on its No. 2 main engine. The engine room was evacuated and sealed, and carbon dioxide (CO2) gas was released into it. Although immediate failure of the CO2 distribution manifold allowed some of the gas to escape, enough reached the engine room to extinguish the fire. The vessel was then towed to the Langdale ferry terminal, where the passengers disembarked. There were no fatalities.
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© MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES 2006
CAT. NO. TU3-7/03-3E
ISBN 0-662-42547-2
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