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Fire breaks out on a cruise ship docked in Sydney Harbor with 600 passengers evacuated
- Three cockpits were lit aboard the Viking Orion
- Firefighters were called to White Bay at around 8.10am
- The fire has been extinguished, no one was injured.
Some 600 people have been evacuated from a cruise ship in Sydney Harbor after a fire broke out on board.
Fire and Rescue NSW was called to the White Bay Cruise Terminal around 8:10am on Friday following reports of a fire on the Viking Orion ship.
The fire is understood to have affected three rooms inside the boat.
The fire was extinguished around 8:40 a.m.
Paramedics are on the scene and it is understood that no one was injured during the incident.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Viking Cruises for comment.
More to come.
Some 600 people were evacuated from the Viking Orion cruise ship after a fire broke out in three rooms (smoke is pictured over the side of the ship)
The ship (above) was moored in White Bay in Sydney Harbor as passengers evacuated
It is understood that all passengers were safely evacuated from the ship with no one being injured during the incident (Firefighters on scene pictured)