{"id":841511,"date":"2026-08-02T02:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841511\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T02:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T02:03:10","slug":"car-bursts-into-flames-at-tsawwassen-ferry-terminal-causing-service-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841511\/","title":{"rendered":"Car bursts into flames at Tsawwassen ferry terminal, causing service delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A vehicle caught fire Friday afternoon in the waiting area at Tsawwassen ferry terminal, prompting an emergency response and causing delays to ferry service.<\/p>\n<p>Terminal staff contacted the Delta Fire Department after the fire broke out and moved nearby vehicles away from the area as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers waiting at the terminal were directed to safe locations while announcements were made about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Car fire at ferry terminal (Richard Tiberius Hessel)<\/p>\n<p>According to BC Ferries, firefighters arrived quickly and extinguished the blaze. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The fire resulted in delays to ferry operations, with the 5 p.m. sailing departing about 35 minutes behind schedule. Subsequent evening sailings were also affected.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews later cleared debris from the scene, while police assisted with the removal of the burned vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A vehicle caught fire Friday afternoon in the waiting area at Tsawwassen ferry terminal, prompting an emergency response&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-841511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}