Passengers were evacuated from P&O cruise ship the Iona on Saturday after a fire broke out when a lithium battery on a mobility scooter exploded and burst into flames.
The P&O cruise ship Iona - which went on to join the Verity cargo search - was about to set sail when a passenger's mobility scooter battery caused a fire in the central hub area, leading to an evacuation
The search for the missing crew of the Verity cargo ship, which sank after a collision in the North Sea on Tuesday, was called off today. A P&O cruise ship had been involved at the scene during the initial rescue
A desperate rescue mission was launched after the British-flagged cargo ship Verity collided with the much larger Polesei yesterday morning. But the search has now been called off.