1998 Cruise Ship Fire

A crew member and two contractors died when a fire broke out on board a luxury cruise ship docked at the eastern Caribbean island of St.

1998 cruise ship fire. Carnivals 2600-passenger Ecstasy was disabled in July 1998 by a 15-million fire that took four hours to control. The passengers scrambled to grab their life jackets and in this case all of them were moved from the ship. Edinburgh Castle - fire in main galley of vessel on 21 August 1998.

A fire on board MSC Lirica which seems to be originated in an empty lifeboat on deck 6 was reported to the emergency services earlier today in Corfu where the ship. The cause of the fire was under investigation. Fire crews appeared to have brought the blaze under control by 430pm Credit.

A Cruise Ship is ON FIRE. 1998 12 AM PT. A Royal Caribbean cruise ship bound for the Bahamas catches fire.

Overheating and ignition of cooking fat in a deep fat. Fire also represents a particular vulnerability for large cruise ships. The Carnival Ecstasy after a 1998 fire.

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. Every passenger is a potential ignition source and the hotel services have an inherent risk. Fire On the afternoon of July 20 1998 Ecstasy departed the Port of Miami Florida en route to Key West Florida with 2565 passengers and 916 crew members aboard.

The fire occurred in a mechanical area on the Freedom of the Seas cruise ship. 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 MSC has agreed that future large passenger ships should be designed for improved survivability based on the time-honoured principle that a ship is its own best lifeboat.