ferry STATEN ISLAND FERRY

In this 2012 file photo, the Alice Austin leaves the Whitehall ferry terminal. There are eight ferries currently in the city's fleet, and only one is named after a woman -- the Alice Austen.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- There was a small fire in the control room in one of the Staten Island Ferryboats, Tuesday night.

FDNY responded to the brief fire, which was docked on the Manhattan side at Whitehall Terminal at 6:43 p.m., according to an FDNY spokesman.

"It wasn't much, we're not even sure there were substantial flames," said the spokesman. "It appeared that a crew member had put it out with an extinguisher prior to us arriving."

The fire wasn't fully upgraded to an alarm, but did cause a deal of smoke. Six people were checked out for inhalation; two of them were transported to a nearby Manhattan hospital, the spokesman said.

Two engines and ladder companies responded to the fire, but no hoses were used. The firefighters spent one hour aboard the ship to make sure all the smoke was cleared and it wouldn't reoccur.