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Fire on Northumberland ferry cancels N.S. – P.E.I service

A small fire on the MV Northumberland ferry, cancelled service between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Friday morning.

According to a post on social media, Northumberland Ferries says it was in the dishwasher.

Crossings at 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. from Caribou as well as 8:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. in Woods Islands were affected.

Sailings are expected to resume later today.

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  • Caitlin Snow is an award-winning news anchor who started in the radio business nearly 20 years ago. She is based in Halifax, reporting on and broadcasting stories across Nova Scotia. Contact Caitlin at snowc@radioabl.ca.

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