1998 Cruise Ship Fire

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.

1998 cruise ship fire. The MSC Lirica Cruise Ship is on fire and burning in the port of Corfu Greece. A welders spark in a laundry room raced through an air duct and caused an explosive-type fire aboard the giant cruise ship Ecstasy the president of Carnival Corp. Edinburgh Castle - fire in main galley of vessel on 21 August 1998.

The Carnival Ecstasy after a 1998 fire. The cause of the fire was under investigation. Overheating and ignition of cooking fat in a deep fat.

Passengers were not injured but were sent to live boats because of the risk. 10 people have been confirmed dead 98 are still unaccounted for after the disaster. Every passenger is a potential ignition source and the hotel services have an inherent risk.

Cruise Ship Catches Fire Off Florida. 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. About 60 people were reported injured most for smoke inhalation.

The blue sky soon after the 855-foot vessel cleared the port of Miami and headed for what was to have been a first-leg cruise. NTSB analyzing evidence after cruise ship fire off Miami. EDT 1915 GMT MIAMI CNN -- Welders working in the laundry room of a cruise ship that caught.

Eight passengers were hospitalized the Miami-Dade County Fire Department said as were two tugboat crew members. The two photos below via Reuters I have never seen before. Marine Accident Investigation Branch UK Fire on Board the Liberian Passenger Ship Ecstasy Miami Florida - July 20 1998 NTSB Report Number.