An engine fire broke out early today on a cruise ship carrying more than 700 people in the Gulf of Mexico , but the blaze appeared to have been brought under control , according to officials . The Scandinavian ship was about 35 miles off Isla Mujares , a Mexican island north of the tourist resort Cancun in the Yucatan Peninsula . Petty Officer Brian Lincoln of the U.S. Coast Guard 's Miami office said no injuries were reported . An engine fire broke out early today on a cruise ship carrying more than 700 people in the Gulf of Mexico, but the blaze appeared to have been brought under control, according to officials and a nearby ship's captain. " All we know is that the ship 's crew " is completely out of fire - fighting equipment and has no additional equipment such as foam , water and CO2 , " said Lincoln .
An engine fire broke out early today on a cruise ship carrying more than 700 people in the Gulf of Mexico , but the blaze appeared to have been brought under control , according to officials . The Scandinavian ship was about 35 miles off Isla Mujares , a Mexican island north of the tourist resort Cancun in the Yucatan Peninsula . Petty Officer Brian Lincoln of the U.S. Coast Guard 's Miami office said no injuries were reported . " All we know is that the ship 's crew " is completely out of fire - fighting equipment and has no additional equipment such as foam , water and CO2 , " said Lincoln .