4,000 people stranded on cruise ship off coast of Mexico after fire in engine room

The Caival Triumph, a cruise ship owned by Caival Corp under its Caival Cruise Lines brand, was adrift 150 miles off southe Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on Sunday after a fire that caused no injuries, the company said in a statement.

The engine room fire, which took place in the moing, had been extinguished and the ship was without propulsion, and operating on emergency generator power, the company said.

None of the 3,143 guests nor 1,086 crew were injured, and a tugboat was on its way to drag the vessel to the Mexican port of Progreso, where it was expected to arrive on Wednesday afteoon, Caival said.

The company said the U.S. Coast Guard had been notified.

\"Another Caival ship, the Caival Elation, is currently on scene and transferring additional food and beverage provisions to the Caival Triumph,\" the statement said.

In January last year, the Costa Concordia, a 114,500 tonne luxury cruise ship operated by the Caival Corp-owned Costa Cruises, capsized and sank off the Tuscan island of Giglio in Italy, killing 32 people.

Last month, Costa Cruises said Italian investigators were looking into the vessel owner's potential responsibility for the shipwreck.

The Caival Triumph set sail from Galveston, Texas, on Thursday, and was due back on Monday February 11.

Caival said all passengers would receive a refund and \"cruise credit equal to the amount paid for this voyage.\" The ship's next two voyages, scheduled for departure next week, were canceled, the company added.