PORTLAND (AP) – The 96 passengers aboard a Portland-based ferry were safely evacuated during the night after the 84-foot vessel ran aground in Casco Bay.

The Coast Guard dispatched two rescue boats to assist the Bay Mist, which was reported hard aground around 10 p.m. Friday about a half mile southeast of Basket Island.

The passengers were transferred to another ferry, the Island Romance.

There were also no signs of a puncture to the Bay Mist, which refloated five hours later on the incoming tide and was escorted by tug to the ferry dock in Portland.

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