other than that we didn t see smoke coming up from deck three and we didn t know it was a fire until they announced it. still, danielle and her friends say they will likely take another cruise in the near future. aaron erin mcpike it at baltimore international airport, waiting for passengers to a. do what we know what started the fire? reporter: we don t know what started the fire. it started just before 3:00 a.m. monday morning. once it happened, the crew got on the ship s intercom and going through the cabins to wake up passengers, make them put on their lifejackets and go to some of these assembly stations where they way edwaited for several h. we have seen pictures of some of the passengers in their lifejackets in the ship s casino. now, once they put the fire out, they rerouted the ship to freeport, some of the rooms were so damaged that passenger has to get off the ship and stay in hotel rooms there, others were
waited for hours. it was just renovated last year. it was rerouted for an evaluation and the ceo already surveyed the damage. the national transportation safety board and the coast guard will investigate. now, carol, royal caribbean has said they will issue a refund to all of those passengers and give them vouchers for a free cruise. because the ship is undergoing repairs right now, another voyage that was scheduled for may 31st will not be go on as planned and those customers too will get a refund as well as half off a cruise next time too, carol. wow. erin mcpike live in baltimore this morning. happening now it s a big blow to george zimmerman s murder defense. a florida judge ruled the defense cannot use any evidence
two men did it on purpose. winds up to 175 miles per hour and they made it out alive. and the girl scouts motto, beprepared, but not for this. campgrounds for sale. parents now furious. you re live in the cnn you re live in the cnn newsroom. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. thank you so much for joining me. i m carol costello. not a drill. that s how one passenger describes the chaotic moments when guests were awakened and told to put on life vests after a fire broke out on the ship. royal caribbean is doing its best to help those passengers and hope they end their travel nightmare flying them back to baltimore. erin mcpike is standing by in