1998 Cruise Ship Fire

Passengers were not injured but were sent to live boats because of the risk.

1998 cruise ship fire. CNNs Erin McPike reports. Luca Biondolillo spokesperson for the cruise line told USA TODAY. An engine fire broke out today on the Scandinavian Star leaving the cruise ship adrift for hours in the Gulf of Mexico with more than 700 people aboard the authorities said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation. A Royal Caribbean cruise ship bound for the Bahamas catches fire. About 60 people were reported injured most for smoke inhalation.

Carnivals passengers and crew members were extremely lucky in that incident. The Carnival Ecstasy after a 1998 fire. Fire crews appeared to have brought the blaze under control by 430pm.

Credit providerREUTERS In mid-February an engine room fire onboard the Carnival Cruises ship Triumph left. The two photos below via Reuters I have never seen before. 10 people have been confirmed dead 98 are still unaccounted for after the disaster.

A fire broke out on the car deck of the Norman Atlantic while the ferry was traveling from the Greek port of Patras to Ancona in Italy. There were a couple of interesting photographs of the fire which erupted aboard the Carnival Ecstasy in 1998 as the cruise ship was trying to said out of Government Cut at Miami Beach. Marine Accident Investigation Branch UK Fire on Board the Liberian Passenger Ship Ecstasy Miami Florida - July 20 1998 NTSB Report Number.

Eight passengers were hospitalized the Miami-Dade County Fire Department said as were two tugboat crew members. Ecstasy was leaving the Port of Miami bound for Key West Fla July 20 1998 when dense smoke began billowing from its stern PM 35. The fire broke out shortly after leaving the Port of Miami with 2557 passengers and 920 crewmembers onboard.