1998 Cruise Ship Fire

About 60 people were reported injured most for smoke inhalation.

1998 cruise ship fire. 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. Every passenger is a potential ignition source and the hotel services have an inherent risk. 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.

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. Passengers were reportedly on board the ship at the time of the incident. Credit providerREUTERS In mid-February an engine room fire onboard the Carnival Cruises ship Triumph left.

Overheating and ignition of cooking fat in a deep fat. The fire broke out shortly after leaving the Port of Miami with 2557 passengers and 920 crewmembers onboard. Fire crews appeared to have brought the blaze under control by 430pm Credit.

The fire injured 23 people knocked out both propulsion units disabled one rudder and damaged the systems control to the other. A Cruise Ship is ON FIRE. The ships on-board system did not suppress the fire which charred the entire stern of the ship.

The fire broke out shortly after leaving the Port of Miami with 2557 passengers and 920 crewmembers onboard. July 20 1998 A cruise ship fire on the Carnival Ecstasy left 60 people injured. The incident left one person dead and 14 others injured.

Fire crews appeared to have brought the blaze under control by 430pm. The ship was built in 1998 and refurbished this year. The passengers scrambled to grab their life jackets and in this case all of them were moved from the ship.