12 injured after ferry suffers onboard fire while en route to Balearic Islands

Twelve people were injured after a fire ignited on board a Ro-Pax ferry as it was headed for Spain's Balearic Islands on Friday, March 6.

The incident on the Cyprus-registered Golden Bridge occurred in the early morning (local time) of Friday as it was en route to Palma de Mallorca after having earlier departed Barcelona with 126 passengers, 46 crewmembers, and 52 vehicles.

The ferry's crew were able to successfully extinguish the blaze and it was able to continue sailing to its destination port under its own power. However, smoke had accumulated in the hold as the firefighting effort was ongoing, and 12 passengers suffered injuries caused by smoke inhalation.