Fire Breaks Out on Princess Cruise Ship This Morni...

A fireplace broke out this morning on a Princess cruise ship, a day after the vessel departed from New York Metropolis.

A passenger on Island Princess despatched Cruise News Today a message via their tip line a few hearth that broke out this morning on the vessel.

At 6:00 am Halifax time, a normal alert sounded on the ship. A couple of minutes later, the captain introduced that there was a hearth on Deck 12.

At 6:20 am, the captain mentioned that crew members had been placing the fireplace out with extinguishers and foam and that there was no concern for passengers.

quarter-hour later, the Captain advised passengers that the fireplace was out, however one other group was going to the realm to verify the fireplace is totally out.

He once more reiterated that there was no concern for visitors on the ship.

At 7:10 am native time, the all clear was given and the crew was advised to face down. The ship is on time to reach in Halifax tomorrow morning. The captain mentioned he’ll give extra element at midday.

A passenger on the ship, Christina Wandell, posted the next video on Fb.

She additionally left just a few feedback saying the fireplace was out and that it happened within the galley on Deck 12.

One other visitor on the ship posted on Reddit concerning the hearth and that it was put out. They mentioned:

“Final night time round 2-3am there was a medical evacuation through helicopter and this morning round 6am there was a hearth on deck 12 which was simply put out. Issues have been thrilling to date on my first Princess cruise!”

Island Princess is at the moment on an 18-night cruise to Greenland and Canada from New York Metropolis. The ship departed yesterday and is scheduled to return on August 1.

Port stops on the cruise embody Halifax, Sydney, St. Johns, Nanortalik, Qaqortoq, Paamiut and Nuuk.

Cruise Fever reached out to Princess Cruises and was advised that the fireplace was out and that each one on board are protected.

We are going to proceed to watch this breaking story and could have all updates as extra data is available in.