Lifeboats deployed from UK and France after fire on board ferry in the Channel
HM Coastguard said it was alerted to a fire on board the Isle of Innisfree ferry, which is now being tugged to Calais.

Three lifeboats from Kent and a French tug were deployed in the Channel on Friday evening after a fire started on a ferry with nearly 200 people on board.
HM Coastguard has said it was alerted to a blaze in the engine room of the Isle of Innisfree just after 5.30pm.
Irish Ferries, the boatās operator, said there were 94 passengers and 89 crew members on board, who are all āsafe and accounted forā.
Irish Ferries would like to sincerely apologise to all passengers affected by this eveningās incident, and the disruption to their onward journeys
The boat was midway through its journey from Dover to Calais when the fire began, and it has since been extinguished.
A HM Coastguard spokesperson said: āAll passengers and crew are accounted for and no injuries have been reported.
āRNLI Lifeboats from Dungeness, Dover and Ramsgate were sent along with a French tug to stand by the vessel.
āThe three RNLI lifeboats have been stood down and the French Coast Guard is now coordinating the incident.ā
Irish Ferries said the lifeboats were despatched as a āprecautionary measureā and the Isle of Innisfree is now āsafely at anchorā.
āAs the situation is stable, no emergency assistance is expected to be required,ā a spokesperson said.
The operator later added that once the boat arrives in Calais, it will launch a āfull investigation into the incident in conjunction with the relevant authoritiesā.
āIn the meantime, the Isle of Innisfreeās imminent sailings have been cancelled, and affected customers are being contacted with alternative travel arrangements,ā it said.
āIrish Ferries would like to sincerely apologise to all passengers affected by this eveningās incident, and the disruption to their onward journeys.ā