By Associated Press, Tom Leonard and Anthony Bond PUBLISHED: 11:22 EST, 28 May 2013 | UPDATED: 01:33 EST, 29 May 2013 Huddled together wearing life jackets, these are the first pictures showing passengers on board a huge Caribbean cruise liner preparing for an emergency evacuation. While some laugh and joke, others - including the elderly and children - look out to the pitch black sea anxiously, no doubt fearing for their safety. Passengers on board Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas said they heard 'big explosions' after a fire broke out in the stern [rear] of the ship in the early hours of Monday morning.
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A fire broke out aboard a Royal Caribbean ship on Monday morning but was extinguished about two hours later with no injuries reported
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The Grandeur of the Seas, which left Baltimore on Friday, never lost power and was able to sail into port in Freeport, Bahamas, on Monday afternoon
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The company said the more than 2,200 passengers will be flown from the Bahamas back to Baltimore where the trip began
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Royal Caribbean said all guests and 796 crew were safe and accounted for
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No cause yet revealed for the fire but it is under investigation
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