Fire breaks out on Italian cruise ship in Aegean Sea

Fire broke out on an Italian cruise ship carrying more than 2,000 people in the western Aegean Sea today, but it has been extinguished, Greek authorities said. No injuries were reported.

The blaze broke out in the Costa Classica’s stern shortly after 10am (0800BST) as the ship was sailing off the island of Poros in the Saronic Gulf.