Farley Mowat catches fire as workers prepare to remove ship in Shelburne

A fire broke out on the derelict Farley Mowat on Monday as crews prepared to remove it from the Shelburne Marine Terminal in Nova Scotia.

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Dylan Heide, the chief administrative officer for Shelburne, said the wharf was never in danger and no one was hurt. The fire was out by 11:45 a.m.

Heide said the fire may have been caused by workers removing parts of the vessel ahead of its full removal.

The ship once served as an anti-sealing vessel for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, but was later sold to a scrap dealer. It docked in Shelburne in 2014.

The owner of the FarleyMowat, Tracy Dodds, faces a big bill to get the shipremovedfrom the terminal.