Two persons were admitted to hospital on Thursday, 5 June, after a minor fire broke out on board Quantum of the Seas that is under construction at Meyer Werft in Germany.

The fire started in a cabin on deck 3 and it was quickly put out by the firefighters of the year and of the municipality of Papenburg, the shipyard said in a statement.

The damage caused by the fire is estimatedat €50,000, the yard added. The cauuse of the fire has not ben established yet.