Two short haul ferries that trade in Northern European waters suffered an engine room fire this morning.

In the more serious of the incidents, some 450 passengers and crew were helped by the French emergency services to disembark the 30,365 gross ton Pride of Canterbury to disembark in Calais after the 1992 built vessel had suffered a fire in the engine room, a report on BBC said. There were no injuries and the ship’s own fire fighting system put the blaze out in 20 minutes.

The ship belongs to P&O Feries, which is part of the DP World group in Dubai and has no connection to P&O Cruises, which is part of the Anglo American Carnival Corp & plc group.

In Finland, a small fire broke out in the engine room of the 1981 built Wasa Express as the 17,043 gross ton ship was entering the port of Vaasa. The fire was put out by the crew, but the local fire brigade came to inspect the vessel after it had docked, said Wasa Line that owns and operates the vessel, in a statement.