Around 320 people, including 240 passengers and 80 crew members, had to be evacuated from the burning boat
"Obviously, we couldn't understand a word of what was being said. We joined a large gathering and noted the arrival of several fire trucks followed by ambulances. We had literally nothing but our sleepwear," he told the paper.
They saw a man being carried away on a stretcher and were attended to by crew members as they waited for the fire to be extinguished, which took about an hour. "It's been a harrowing experience," Burton said. After an hour standing on shore they were allowed back on the ship and told that the day would proceed as scheduled,The sun sets behind the Kunstkamera at the embarkement of the Neva river in Saint Petersburg. A cruise ship sailing from Russia’s second city to its capital, Moscow, was caught up in a fire that had spread from another vessel.The fire was was contained within 32 square feet and put out after about 40 minutes.
Footage posted on Russia's investigative committee YouTube site shows emergency workers going through the hastily abandoned cabins of the vessel with burnt out partitions and broken portholes visible. Authorities have launched a criminal inquiry.reported. Operated by the company Doninturflot from the city of Rostov-on-Don in the south of the country, it offers tourists cruises between Russia's two main cities.
Also in Russia, last week, firefighters had to extinguish a blaze that had broken out on the three-decker cruise ship
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