Picture this: you’re a lorry driver, minding your own business on a freight run across the Aegean, and suddenly the crew is telling you to abandon ship. Near Mykonos. On a Friday morning. That’s the reality 29 people faced when fire broke out aboard the RoRo freight vessel BLUE CARRIER 2 — and every single one of them got off safely.
Tea TempLast updated: September 26, 2026
A Freight Run Turns Into an Emergency
BLUE CARRIER 2, operated by Attica Group, was underway north of Mykonos in the Cyclades on the morning of Friday, September 25, when fire broke out on board. This wasn’t a cruise ship packed with sunburned tourists — it’s a RoRo freight vessel, the unglamorous workhorse that keeps goods (and the occasional lorry driver) moving across Greek waters.
Unglamorous, sure. But the stakes are exactly the same when something goes wrong at sea.
Everybody Off the Boat
The response was decisive: the vessel was abandoned, and all 29 people on board evacuated. That group broke down to 28 crew members and one lorry driver — presumably somebody who signed up for a routine haul and got a much more eventful trip than expected.
Here’s the part worth sitting with: every one of those 29 people is reported to be in good health. No injuries mentioned. No casualties. Just a full evacuation that, by all accounts, went the way it’s supposed to go — which, if you’ve followed enough maritime incident reports, you know is not always a given.
Why This Matters Even If You’re Not Riding a RoRo Ferry
Fires at sea are the nightmare scenario for anyone who works on the water, and that includes the crew members who make up the bulk of the people evacuated here — 28 out of 29. When a fire forces a full abandon-ship order, the crew’s training and the ship’s safety procedures are the only thing standing between “everyone got out fine” and a genuine tragedy. This time, the system worked.
What caused the fire, how it was ultimately extinguished, and what happens to the vessel now are not yet known. That’s the honest state of this story as of today — a fire, an evacuation, and a good outcome, with the rest still unfolding.
What We Know
- Ship: BLUE CARRIER 2, a RoRo freight vessel operated by Attica Group
- Date: Morning of Friday, September 25, 2026
- Location: Aegean Sea, north of Mykonos, Cyclades
- What happened: A fire broke out while the ship was underway; the vessel was abandoned
- People on board: 29 total — 28 crew members and one lorry driver
- Injuries: None reported; all 29 evacuated and in good health
- Outcome: Full evacuation completed safely
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