By Joe LaFurgey
WoodTV.com
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.— A former Grand Rapids firefighter who was onboard the latest cruise ship to experience an emergency at sea is telling 24 Hour News 8 what happened.
A fire broke out just before 3 a.m. Monday in the mooring area of the Grandeur of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean ship, causing the 2,224 passengers and 796 crew members onboard to report to evacuation stations. Everyone was accounted for, according to Royal Caribbean’s website .
West Michigan native Brian Goss, a former Grand Rapids Fire Department firefighter and current fire chief in Brentwood, Tenn., was on the ship at the time of the fire with his wife, children and some friends.
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