A major fire broke out on an MSC cruise ship docked in Greece on Friday.
The fire started in a fiberglass lifeboat at MSC Lirica before 3:42 pm local time, and sent large clouds of smoke into the sky, according to MSC Cruises.
The ship is anchored in the port of Corfu during the winter with 51 crew members on board, but no passengers. There were no injuries, according to the cruise line.
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire on a cruise ship in the port of Corfu, in northwest Greece, on Friday. (Stamatis Katopodis / InTime News via AP)
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The cause was not immediately known. A cruise company spokesman said an investigation was underway.
Photos of the scene showed a part of the middle of the ship darkened by fire, while firefighters spread the flames of several smaller boats alongside the cruise ship.
A fire broke out on the cruise ship moored in the port of Corfu, as the 51 crew members on board were in good health, the coast guard said. (Stamatis Katopodis / InTime News via AP)
It took the firefighters about three hours to control the fire. Efforts to extinguish the fire were declared completed at 6:58 pm local time, according to the cruise company.
A preliminary assessment showed damage to the side of the ship, but not to the interior, said the MSC spokesman.
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The 902-foot, 65,591-ton vessel has 992 staterooms with a capacity for 2,548 passengers plus 752 crew members, according to MSC Cruises. Facilities on board the ship include a spa, theater, casino and nightclub.
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Lirica had been scheduled to resume navigation in the Mediterranean in May.