Cruise ship catches fire off Florida coast

NBC News reports that a fire broke out early Monday aboard a cruise ship off the Florida coast, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed. The fire was contained to a small area of the Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas and had been put out early Monday morning, the agency said. Responders were using equipment onboard the ship to put out the fire as opposed to battling it from a cutter, the agency said. There were no reported injuries, the Coast Guard said. Read article