Royal Caribbean cruise cut short after on-board fire

A fire broke out early Monday aboard a Royal Caribbean International cruise ship en route to the private Bahamian island of CocoCay. The fire was extinguished and the Grandeur of the Seas is now heading to Freeport, Bahamas, for further evaluation, theUpdate, May 27, 4:45 p.m.: Royal Caribbean has just announced that the remainder of the May 24 sailing of Grandeur of the Seas has been canceled, and all passengers are being flown back to Baltimore tomorrow.The emergency, as she and other passengers would learn, was a fire that started in the rear of Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship about 2:50 a.m. Monday while it was heading to the Bahamas, sending guests to the decks under the night sky.A fire broke out early Monday aboard a Royal Caribbean International cruise ship en route to the private Bahamian island of CocoCay. The fire was extinguished and the Grandeur of

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