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Two crew members injured when fire impacts cruise vessel
Aug 18, 2009, 13:36 GMT
Stockholm - Scores of passengers were evacuated Tuesday after fire broke out on a Malta-registered cruise vessel visiting Stockholm harbour.
Police spokesman Thomas Johansson told the German Press Agency dpa that initial reports suggested two crew members had sustained smoke inhalation injuries, but had no details of how serious they were.
He could not state how many passengers were on board the Zenith or what caused the fire. The vessel has a capacity for some 1,600 people.
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