P&O Oriana Helped Back To Port After Onboard Fire

The P&O Oriana has returned back to Port after a fire broke out in the ship engine room.

The small fire broke out yesterday evening (April 18th) at around 7 PM not long after the 65,153 gross ton cruise ship departed Miami, Florida. From what we can tell the damage was minor as the P&O Oriana has now departed Miami once again. No injuries have been reported.

The news first broke via @PTZtv and they mentioned that a viewer of one of the web cams heard radio messages between the cruise ship and the US Coast Guard.

@hcastle97 @nbcmiami @CruiseLaw One of our viewers heard “engine room fire” in radio traffic with USCG but this is unconfirmed info!!!

— PTZtv (@PTZtv) April 19, 2015

@itsme_heather Yes… unclear if passengers on deck are sight-seeing or not allowed in cabins. Definitely many more than we typically see.

— PTZtv (@PTZtv) April 19, 2015

#Oriana on her way to #KeyWest after last #nights return to #PortMiami https://t.co/r5sdnIF2sO pic.twitter.com/tq0YhrIeTU

— PTZtv (@PTZtv) April 19, 2015

When Oriana came back into PortMiami it was helped by tugs as seen on the @PTZtv web cam. Cruise Hive has requested further details from the cruise line and will update this post once we get a response. The cruise ship is sailing a 32 night Caribbean and US cruise which started from Southampton, UK on April 4th. P&O Oriana was heading towards Key West, Florida when the fire broke out.