Fire Breaks Out on Princess Cruise Ship This Morning

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 Information In the present day a message by way of their tip line a few fireplace that broke out this morning on the vessel.

At 6:00 am Halifax time, a basic 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 hearth out with extinguishers and foam and that there was no concern for passengers.

quarter-hour later, the Captain advised passengers that the hearth was out, however one other workforce was going to the world to verify the hearth 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 primary publish cease of the cruise. 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 a couple of feedback saying the hearth was out and that it happened within the galley on Deck 12.

One other visitor on the ship posted on Reddit in regards to the fireplace and that it was put out. They mentioned:

“Final evening 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 this point on my first Princess cruise!”

Island Princess is at present 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, 2025.

Port stops on the cruise embody Halifax, Sydney, St. Johns, Nanortalik, Qaqortoq, Paamiut and Nuuk. The cruise will even have 10 sea days.

Cruise Fever reached out to Princess Cruises and was advised that the hearth was out and that every one on board are secure.

We’ll proceed to watch this breaking story and could have all updates as extra info is available in.