National Transportation Safety Board

摘要

About 1615 on June 12, 2006, the U.S. Coast Guard-inspected commuter ferry Massachusetts was en route from Rowe's Wharf in Boston Harbor to Hingham, Massachusetts, carrying 65 passengers and 4 crewmembers, when a fire broke out in the engineroom. The master maneuvered the vessel into shallow water south of the Long Island Bridge, anchored, and waited for firefighters. Before a fireboat from the Boston Fire Department's marine unit arrived, all the passengers safely transferred to the Laura, another commuter vessel in the vicinity. The fireboat extinguished the fire. The accident resulted in no serious injuries or fatalities. Damage, estimated at $800,000, was confined mostly to the engineroom.