Fire deemed cause of boating deaths

An investigation has concluded there was a fire aboard a sailboat that disappeared south of Nova Scotia’s Sable Island last summer, leading to the deaths of two people — an adventurous couple from British Columbia. The Transportation Safety Board says it looked into the possibility that the sailboat Theros had been struck by a commercial tanker in the area about 280 kilometres southeast of Halifax on June 13. But the board concluded there was no link between the two vessels. – Full report