A fire aboard the Volcan de Taburiente, a RoPax ferry owned by Spanish operator, Naviera Armas forced the vessel to return to port on Friday according.
The fire appears to have originated from a truck in the ship’s hold, shown in the image below:
Así ha quedado el camión en el que se pudo haber originado el incendio en la bodega del ferry "Volcán de Taburiente" pic.twitter.com/NYtHNay1kA
— Antena 3 Canarias (@Antena3Canarias) April 26, 2014
According to the Associated Press, the ferry was heading to the island of La Gomera with 334 people on board, but returned to Los Cristianos port after the incident.
2 imagen del interior del barco de @LineasArmas volcán de taburiente los pasajeros apilados y desesperados por salir pic.twitter.com/uKoG2UV8AA
— c (@helice112_emerg) April 25, 2014
Spanish maritime rescue services were deployed to escort the ferry back to port. There were no injuries reported.
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