Small fire on cruise vessel in Jamaica suppressed by its own equipment

Thursday, July 23rd 2015 - 07:48 UTC

Full article 2 comments

A fire aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that departed from Port Canaveral injured one crew member, but company officials say it was quickly extinguished. Black smoke could be seen billowing from the 1,112-foot Freedom of the Seas as it docked in Jamaica on Wednesday with 4.500 passengers. Read full article

Comments

Disclaimer & comment rules

Klingon
Call that a small fire??? WTF!!
A little bit more than burning the toast I say.
Jul 23rd, 2015 - 02:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
-+
ChrisR
It will be yet another self-varying alternator set running amok.

NONE of the cruise lines have bottomed this out and the number of fires is increasing. This is what happens when brand-new power system concepts are installed without anybody taking responsibility for adequate service proving.

Thankfully it wasn't that bad and the installed fire detection and fire control systems operated properly.
Jul 23rd, 2015 - 06:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
-+

Commenting for this story is now closed.
If you have a Facebook account, become a fan and comment on our Facebook Page!