Five people were injured after a ferry carrying 667 passengers had a fire in its engine room A massive water rescue operation was launched Thursday night after a fire aboard a Staten Island Ferry. The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 900 passengers and crew members were evacuated from a ferry bound for Staten Island from Manhattan after the vessel's engine room caught fire and billowed smoke over the upper ...

Approximately 868 passengers and 16 crew members were on board at the time of the fire. All of the passengers were ferried to St. George Terminal, according to the Coast Guard The cause of the fire is ...

Hundreds of passengers had to be evacuated off a Staten Island Ferry vessel after a fire broke out in the craft's engine room, according to officials. The FDNY said units responded to a call just ...

FILE - People board the Staten Island Ferry boat Sandy Ground in the Whitehall Terminal, Aug. 4, 2022, in New York. Emergency personnel evacuated nearly 900 passengers from the ferry vessel Thursday ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Emergency personnel evacuated nearly 900 passengers from a Staten Island Ferry vessel Thursday evening following a fire in the ship’s engine room. The New York City Fire Department ...