Stena Line ferry fire triggers emergency alert
Vessel was sailing to Belfast last night
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Emergency services were alerted to a fire on board a Stena Line ferry sailing to Belfast last night.
Coastguard and lifeboat crews attended the incident after a blaze broke out in the engine room of Superfast VIII vessel sailing from Cairnryan at around 9pm.
The fire was extinguished and the ferry was assisted into port by tugs and the coastguard.
Passengers were safely disembarked with no reports of injuries, according to the BBC.
They had been advised to congregate in designated areas after an emergency was declared when the ferry was in Belfast Lough.
Travel Weekly has approached Stena Line for comment.
