Fire security procedures on board were immediately activated and special fire crews intervened. The

The Costa Allegra cruise liner is berthed in Hong Kong prior to its maiden voyage to Mumbai in 2006. An Italian cruise ship from the same fleet as the tragedy-struck Costa Concordia was adrift Monday in choppy seas off the Seychelles with no power after a fire and 1,049 people on board. © AFP/File Laurent Fievet
ROME An Italian cruise ship from the same fleet as the tragedy-struck Costa Concordia was adrift on Tuesday in pirate-infested seas off the Seychelles with no power and with more than 1,000 people jamaica hotels on board.
Emergency crews onboard managed to put out the fire after a few hours and nobody was injured, but the passengers were all moved onto the stricken ship s outer decks to ensure an easier evacuation if needed.
Company official Giorgio Moretti jamaica hotels said one option was to evacuate passengers and crew from the Costa Allegra onto the vessels and take them to the Seychelles archipelago, while another was to tow the boat to the islands.
He said the passengers and crew came from 25 countries and included 135 Italians, among them nine Marines to guard against pirate attacks, 127 French jamaica hotels people, 97 Austrians, 90 Swiss, as well as nationals from Britain, Germany, Mauritius, Russia, Slovenia and Spain.
According to standard procedures, Costa Allegra transmitted a distress signal and the relevant jamaica hotels authorities were alerted, including the Maritime Rescue Control Centre in Rome, Italy, the statement said.
The coast guard also said it was in touch with authorities in the Seychelles and that the incident happened near Alphonse Island, some 200 nautical miles from the main islands of the Indian Ocean archipelago.
The Costa Allegra cruise liner is seen in Rhodes, Greece in 2011. An Italian cruise jamaica hotels ship from the same fleet as the tragedy-struck Costa Concordia was adrift Monday in choppy seas off the Seychelles with no power after a fire and 1,049 people on board. © AFP/Shipspotting.com/File Kenneth Karsten
A government official told AFP: An aircraft (from the Seychelles coast guard) is flying over the vessel. Two tug boats and several vessels have been sent for assistance. Several ships in the vicinity are also being sent.
Italy s coast guard said the plane had already made an initial reconnaissance over the area where Somali pirates have attacked several vessels over the past few years and found that the ship was stable.
The Costa Allegra s engines are out but its communications are working, the coast guard said, adding that wind speeds in the area were around 25 knots, which can make for choppy but not gale-force conditions at sea.
Officials said it was around 20 nautical miles from tiny Alphonse Island, jamaica hotels part of an atoll that officially belongs to the Seychelles and is known for its white sandy beaches and dense forests, as well as tortoises and rare birds.
Fire security procedures on board were immediately activated and special fire crews intervened. The fire was extinguished and did not extend to any other part of the ship. There were no injured or victims, it said.