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Fire Island Ferries

Fire Island Ferries, Inc.
Fire Island Ferries Logo.svg
Locale Fire Island, New York
Waterway Great South Bay
Transit type Passenger, Freight & Water Taxi
Operator Fire Island Ferries, Inc.
Began operation 1948
No. of lines 8
Website Fire Island Ferries

 This article incorporates public domain material from the National Transportation Safety Board document "Marine Accident Brief MAB-10-02".

Fire Island Ferries is a passenger and freight ferry service, serving the Western communities of Fire Island, New York.

On September 20, 2009, at 10:10 eastern daylight time, the passenger ferry Fire Island Belle, with 100 passengers, the vessel master, and two deckhands on board, experienced an engine room fire in the Great South Bay between Long Island and Fire Island, New York. The vessel had departed Ocean Beach, Fire Island, 10 minutes earlier, and was approximately 300 yards from the dock at Fair Harbor, Fire Island, when the fire broke out.

No passengers or crewmembers were injured, and no pollution resulted. The cost of repairing the vessel was $490,000. The U.S. Coast Guard was the lead investigative agency in the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provided assistance with fire investigation and metallurgical analysis.


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