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Introduction
A fire in a laundry room aboard Star of the Seas was extinguished during the ship’s final sea day on September 12, 2026. The fire was reported on Deck 2 during a seven-night Caribbean cruise from Port Canaveral, Florida.
The available account states that the ship’s firefighters responded quickly and that the situation was brought under control. No passenger or crew injury, evacuation or itinerary change was reported.
Reported Fire
A Code Bravo announcement was made for a fire on Deck 2. The ship’s captain later announced that the affected area was a laundry room. The report does not identify the equipment involved, the ignition source, the amount of smoke or damage, or whether the laundry area was closed after the response.
Shipboard fire alarms and emergency teams are used to isolate and extinguish a fire while preserving safe operations elsewhere on the vessel. The source does not report any escalation beyond the laundry-room area.
Emergency Response
The ship’s firefighters were reported to have attended promptly and extinguished the fire. The account later described the situation as under control.
No external rescue agency, port authority or classification society was identified in the available report. There was also no public report of passengers moving to muster stations, abandoning the ship, or suffering smoke-related injury.
Voyage Information
The incident occurred during a seven-night Caribbean itinerary from Port Canaveral, sailing September 6 to 13. The itinerary included CocoCay in the Bahamas, Charlotte Amalie in St Thomas and Basseterre in St Kitts.
The report does not state the ship’s precise position when the fire occurred. It also does not say whether any onboard service was disrupted after the response.
Information Not Reported
The cause, damage assessment, repair work, crew complement and number of passengers aboard were not reported. No death, injury, pollution, evacuation, technical failure or change to the scheduled itinerary was reported.
- Ship: Star of the Seas
- Incident date: September 12, 2026
- Location: At sea during Caribbean cruise from Port Canaveral
- Incident type: Laundry-room fire
- Reported deaths: None
- Reported injuries: None
- Operational disruption: Not reported
Operational Outcome
The laundry-room fire was reported extinguished by the ship’s emergency team. The event is recorded as a contained shipboard fire with no reported injuries or voyage interruption. Further technical details were not available.