Island Princess Fire Sparks Early Morning Emergency Response

Just hours after attending a muster drill for the first night of an 18-night voyage to Canada and Greenland, passengers aboard Island Princess were rushing to their muster stations due to a fire. The 92,822-gross-ton Princess Cruises vessel had departed from New York City at 4 p.m. on July 14, 2025, and less than 12 hours later experienced an emergency. A passenger aboard the cruise shared a video of passengers making their way to their muster stations carrying and wearing lifejackets. The fire was reported around 6 a.m. Nova Scotia time, and according to guests, an alert was sounded