Carnival Cruise Ship Catches Fire

Carnival Cruise ships engine room catches fire while docked in St Thomas US Coast Guard extinguished a fire aboard a Carnival Liberty cruise ship The fire was contained to the ships engine room.

Carnival cruise ship catches fire. The 3299 passengers and 1167 crew members were not hurt and the fire was put out but the 952-foot ship had no air conditioning hot water or telephone service. A Royal Caribbean cruise ship bound for the Bahamas catches fire. The ships automated Fire Detection Alarm and Suppression System activated closing the decks emergency fire doors immediately and activating the fire sprinkler system in the area.

For firefighting teams to respond to the engine room 5 vertical. A Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico with more than 4200 passengers and crew will be towed to port after a weekend engine fire the cruise line said. Passengers were flown home from the island cutting their seven-day cruise short.

Additionally in 2013 three Carnival cruise ships were ported after engine room fire problems. Its CEO Arnold Donalds job to navigate uncharted waters for the cruise giant which operates nine brands that span the globe. The Carnival Splendor was 200 miles south of San Diego when an engine room fire cut its power early Monday according to a statement from Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines.

Passengers and crew jumped into the sea clinging to floating objects as they struggled in the choppy water while the fire on the ferry sent up black clouds of smoke. These two Carnival ships. The Carnival Cruise Ship Splendor caught fire today.

The Carnival Triumph fire is just the latest in a string of serious incidents involving cruise ships most notably the Costa Concordia capsizing. Carnivals passengers and crew members were extremely lucky in that incident. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of fire aboard the Ecstasy was the unauthorized welding by crewmembers in the main laundry that ignited a large accumulation of lint in the ventilation system and the failure of Carnival Cruise Lines to maintain the laundry exhaust ducts in a fire-safe condition.

The two photos below via Reuters I have never seen before. Cruise Ship Catches Fire Off Florida. For more information please read the story at Cruise Law News.