Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph Fire

The popular cruise related website stated that the master of the ship made an announcement around 715 am.

Carnival cruise ship triumph fire. The Carnival Ecstasy after a 1998 fire. Carnivals fun ship tag line is getting a tough workout this week as the cruise line is scrambling to deal with an engine room fire on Carnival Triumph. According to the reports hundreds of workers who were inside the ship were evacuated after a small fire broke out on deck 4 of the bow-starboard side.

Original article Feb 13 1pm. The Bahamas Maritime Authority was the lead investigative agency because Carnival Triumph is a Bahamian-flagged ship. The Carnival Triumph fire is just the latest in a string of serious incidents involving cruise ships most notably the Costa Concordia capsizing in January 2012 that left 32 passengers dead.

429 pm ET-- A Carnival cruise ship in the Caribbean is operating on emergency power in the wake of an engine room fire. The cruise ships fire suppression system kept the fire from spreading. No injuries have been disclosed.

The Carnival Triumph with over 4000 passengers aboard idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine room fire and was being towed to port in Mobile Ala. Mon 18 Feb 2013 1653 EST. Carnivals Triumph cruise ship had been expected to land back in Galveston Texas on Monday after a week-long Caribbean jaunt.

CARNIVAL TRIUMPH IMO Number 9138850 Official Number 732044 Joint report of the investigation into an engine room fire on February 10th 2013. After a fire in an engine room on Sunday the Carnival Triumph was stranded at sea 150 miles off the coast of Mexico. February 10 2013 730PM EST.

The ships automatic fire extinguishing systems activated and the fire was contained to the aft engine room. Initial reports from investigators on February 18 indicated the fire was caused by a leak in a flexible fuel oil return line from the No. The 4200 passengers and crew abaord the crippled ship.