Cruise Ship Splendor Fire

A fire broke out this morning in the engine room on the Carnival Splendor during a cruise to the Mexican Riviera Puerto Vallarta Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas Passengers were told to move from their cabins to the Lido Deck on the upper level.

Cruise ship splendor fire. Although the fire was quickly suppressed Cruise Director John Heald and the ships crew found themselves stranded in the Pacific Ocean 200 miles south of San Diego. Left powerless by an engine fire shortly after embarking on a seven-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera the Splendor is expected to be towed into San Diego tomorrow Melbourne time. A video from ABC News 10 shows tugs finally towing the Carnival Splendor cruise ship back to port in San Diego following a fire in the engine room early Mo.

Like the Splendor the Tropicale was disabled by an engine room fire and the cruise ship bobbed around in the Gulf of Mexico. The Carnival Splendor was 200 miles south of San Diego when an engine room fire cut its power early Monday according to a statement from Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines. Passengers are saying that that due to the lack of ac the smells are atrocious.

July 16 2013. Carnival Splendor Cruise Ship Disabled After Engine Room Fire. The Carnival cruise ship had to be towed to San Diego.

The ship had provisions flown to it from a US. Take a tour of the Seven Seas Splendor an incredible and intimate luxury cruise ship in the Regent Seven Seas Cruises fleet. Advertisement The 3299 passengers and 1167 crew members were not hurt and the fire was put out but the 952-foot ship had no air conditioning hot water or telephone service.

Case in point. Projected ETA is tomorrow Thurs 1111 at around noon. The Coast Guard report talked about everything.

For more information please read the story at Cruise Law News. The engine room fires disabled both cruise ships which had to be towed back to the US. Triumphs fire cost USCG USD 08 million.