A firefighter was taken to hospital following a fire on a bulker in Canada.

Crews responded to a blaze in the galley of the 18,600-dwt Ojibway (built 1952) in Sarnia on Thursday, the Blackburn News said.

The fire was quickly contained and extinguished, but it caused between CAD 80,000 ($61,600) and CAD 100,000 in damage.

The injured firefighter is not in a critical condition.