A fire broke out on Royal Caribbean International’s Icon of the Seas cruise ship on Tuesday.
The ship also experienced a brief loss of power, according to Nathaniel Derrenbacher, a spokesperson for the line’s parent company, Royal Caribbean Group. The ship was docked in Costa Maya, Mexico, at the time.
There were no injuries and the small fire – which was isolated to a crew area – was quickly extinguished. The ship’s backup power was activated immediately, and the main power systems were restored.
Derrenbacher did not have additional information on where the fire occurred or how long the power outage lasted.
The vessel’s itinerary was not impacted. Icon, the biggest cruise ship in the world, is currently sailing a week-long Western Caribbean cruise that departed from Miami, Florida on Saturday, according to CruiseMapper. The ship is scheduled to visit Cozumel on Wednesday.
The news comes after a fire occurred in the exhaust funnel of Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Freedom ship in March, the second such fire on the vessel in less than two years.
Nathan Diller is a consumer travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Nashville. You can reach him at [email protected].
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