Fire erupted in engine room of ferry HOLIDAY ISLAND at around 1100 LT (UTC -3) Jul 22 when ferry was entering Wood Islands Harbor, on arrival from Nova Scotia, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. It was decided to ground the ship to avoid negative developments. Fire was contained by crew, understood extinguished as of morning Jul 23. 182 passengers on board were evacuated, no injures reported. 18 crew is said to remain on board to fight fire jointly with firefighters. HOLIDAY ISLAND according to track, was still aground as of 0050 LT Jul 23, evacuated passengers waiting for their cars remaining on board. Ferry is said to block entrance channel, i.e. Wood Islands port is blocked.
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