Engine room fire on Emerald?

Saw this on another cruise forum.

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2016/cruise-ship-emerald-princess-caught-fire-in-atlantic/

It say all are Ok on board. Very happy to hear that they are fine. Wonderful crew/ staff, officers and Captain did a great job.

We are on the next cruise Sept. 28 and I'm so happy to hear all is well with the crew, passengers and the ship itself. Princess takes good care of things generally so I have no worries.

Glad no one was hurt.

It wasn't an engine room fire no matter what you read. It was a ventilation supply fan belt on deck 16 that caught fire. Smoke did get into the engine room through ventilation ducts but there was no fire in or anywhere near the engine room. Once discovered, it was quickly put out. NBD

It's very good to know all is well and no one got hurt. Kudos to all on a job well done.

Tony

According to the Cruise Junkie site, it was initially thought to be a fuel leak in an engine room, which sounds quite scary.

However, as Pam posted, that was not the case, fortunately.

My husband and I were on a cruise Sept 2014 on the Emerald out of Southampton. We were 5 hours out when an announcement was made that there was a fire in the engine room, we were told to stay put (it was 11 pm) Approx 1/2 hour later they announced that all was well, that a rag had caught fire. All was well for the rest of the cruise. It is a bit scary to hear when you are on board.