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Transportation Safety Board wraps up investigation of MV Holiday Island fire

The Transportation Safety Board says it has finished its investigation into the 2022 MV Holiday Island fire, and will now start the report-writing stage.

More than 200 evacuated from ferry in 2022 after fire broke out in engine room

The MV Holiday Island is pictured with smoke billowing from it.
After the final report is written, it will be reviewed for comment, then released to the public, the Transportation Safety Board says. (Shane Hennessey/CBC)

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has finished its investigation into the July 2022 MV Holiday Island ferry fire and will now write its report, the agency announced Thursday.

After the fire and subsequent evacuation of the vessel during a crossing of the Northumberland Strait more than a year ago, investigators went through photos and videos as well as conductedinterviews with people who were on the scene.

They havealso used the TSB's labto examineparts from the Northumberland Ferries vessel,exposing themto the same kind of conditions, pressures and temperatures that were present at the time of the fire.

The federal safety agency said once the report is written and reviewed, it will be made public.

More than 200 people were evacuated from the ferry after a fire broke out in the vessel's engine room at around 11 a.m.AT onJuly 22, 2022, about an hour into its crossing from Caribou, N.S., to Wood Islands, P.E.I.

No injuries were reported.

The ferry was owned by the federal government and operated by Northumberland Ferries. It was due for replacement in 2027, but was scrapped early because of the amount of damage it suffered in the fire.