Costa Concordia sister ship adrift after fire aboard Passengers, crew unharmed by flames in engine room 
 
 (ANSA) - Rome, February 27 - A sister ship of the Italian Costa Concordia cruise liner was adrift about 260 miles from the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean Monday after a fire broke out on board.All 1,049 passengers and crew were reportedly unharmed aboard the 28,500-ton Costa Allegra, four times smaller than the liner that ran aground off the coast of Giglio Island in January, killing over two dozen people.
– Another public relations nightmare for operators of the Costa Concordia—though this time, no one was hurt. Concordia sister ship the Costa Allegra suffered a fire in its engine room, prompting the engines to be shut off some 260 miles from the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. Now the Allegra is largely under a blackout, with emergency battery power in the cabin. A number of vessels and a plane have been sent to help tow the ship to the Seychelles. It's due in tomorrow morning, ANSA reports. Some 636 passengers and 413 crew members were aboard the ship. "The shipboard fire-extinguishing system and procedures were promptly activated and the special fire-fighting squads intervened to extinguish the fire," the company said in a statement, according to the Guardian.