A fire that erupted aboard a Stena Line ferry on Monday while it was carrying passengers and vehicles across the Baltic Sea has been fully extinguished, owner Stena Line said.

A fire broke out on the 35,456-gt Stena Scandica (built 2005) at 12:29pm (1029 GMT) while it was en route from Port of Norvik in Sweden to Port of Ventspils in Latvia, carrying 241 passengers and 58 crew.