Eight crew members aboard the Flanders were taken to hospital after a fire broke out in the engine room of the ferry.
MHA for Conception Bay East-Bell Island, Fred Hutton, says the workers were taken to hospital for treatment of possible smoke inhalation.
Hutton says the fire broke out early this afternoon as the ferry was pulling away from the wharf in Portugal Cove.
The Flanders is out of commission for the time being with no word on when it will return to service.