Sources at the Sinai Peninsula port of Nuweiba said 830 passengers arrived at the port Wednesday, after being rescued from the Egyptian ferry ‘Billa,' which caught fire after leaving the Jordanian port of Aqaba. A command room was established at the Ministry of Transportation in Cairo to coordinate efforts, added the sources. Egyptian Minister of Transportation Ali Zain al-Abidin Heikal is following the situation with General Nabil, the director of “Arabian Bridge, which owns the ferry. Two ferries belonging to "Arabian Bridge" were sent to save the rest of the passengers. The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced a state of emergency in Southern Sinai hospitals.