Lifestyle Home Real Estate Luxury 120-Foot Yacht Owned by Marc Anthony Catches Fire and Capsizes Officials were called to the scene at around 7:33 p.m. on reports of a vessel being engulfed in flames and leaning on its side By Robyn Merrett Robyn Merrett Robyn Merrett is a former associate morning news editor at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2022. People Editorial Guidelines and Melody Chiu Melody Chiu Melody Chiu is an Executive Editorial Director at PEOPLE overseeing Entertainment, Books and Events. With the brand since 2009, she has written cover stories on Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, John Legend, Sandra Oh, House of Horrors survivor Jordan Turpin and more. Chiu oversees all of PEOPLE's entertainment verticals, as well as events strategy and live red carpet coverage for awards season. She graduated from the University of Southern California and has appeared on Today, The Talk, Good Morning America and more. People Editorial Guidelines Published on December 19, 2019 11:45AM EST Photo: Fox News/Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Emergency responders sprang into action Wednesday evening after a yacht belonging to singer Marc Anthony capsized after catching on fire in Watson Island in Miami. A spokesman for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue tells PEOPLE officials were called to the scene at around 7:33 p.m. on reports of a vessel being engulfed in flames and leaning on its side, endangering neighboring boats. Once on the scene, officials were able to keep the fire contained before putting it out completely, preventing it from spreading to the surrounding vessels. However, the yacht capsized. Miami-Dade Fire says passengers aboard the boat were evacuated safely and there were no injuries reported. The 120-foot long boat named Andiamo was docked off the MacArthur Causeway at the Island Gardens Marina, WSVN reports. A rep for Anthony, 51, confirmed to PEOPLE that the crew is safe and that Anthony was not on board. Washington Man Saves His 2 Bulldogs from Burning Yacht Before Saving Himself Videos shared by the news outlet show massive flames and clouds of smoke filling the air as firefighters use a boom to shoot water towards the craft. At this time, officials are still investigating the cause of the fire. Marc Anthony. Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images “Because of the amount of fire on the ship, we had to take more of a defense attack, so we have our fire boats with Miami-Dade County as well,” Miami Fire Rescue Cpt. Ignatius Caroll told WSVN as the situation unfolded. Marc Anthony Opens Up in Behind-the-Scenes Clip of New Album: ‘Music Is My Safe Haven’ According to TMZ, the yacht was valued at around $7 million and boasted 5 cabins, a jacuzzi, wifi, satellite TV and docking stations for jet skis. In April 2018, Anthony shared a picture of himself aboard a Miami yacht with DJ Khaled and Jonathan Cheban. Close