Instead of reaching the holiday island on Monday morning, they were transferred to replacement ships on the high seas and brought back to their starting port of Valencia. They were due to arrive there during the course of Monday evening, the Italian shipping company GNV said in response to an inquiry. Fortunately, no one was injured.
The car ferry “Tenaci” set sail from the port city on the Spanish mainland on Sunday evening towards Palma, where it was scheduled to arrive on Monday morning, the shipping company said. Shortly after midnight, however, a fire broke out in the engine room about halfway there. The “Tenacia” had to stop and the fire was initially fought with on-board equipment, but the flames could not be extinguished so quickly. On Monday afternoon, the captain finally ordered the evacuation of the ship. Professional firefighters were flown in by helicopter.
Returned to Valencia with other ships
The Spanish sea rescue service took the passengers and some of the crew, who all had to wear life jackets, to two other ships nearby in smaller boats. The people had to slide down from the high ferry through a so-called rescue tube to the small sea rescue boats.
They were then brought back to Valencia because the damaged ship, on which the cars and the passengers’ luggage had been left, was also towed there.
The shipping company announced that the people would be accommodated in hotels in Valencia for one night before finally reaching the holiday island on Tuesday with their cars and luggage on a replacement ferry. The cause of the fire was initially unknown.
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