A fast burning fire in the engine room of the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, killed two crew members and injured nine others. The more than 200 passengers aboard the ship were safely evacuated to the town of Aalesund, 230 miles (375 kilometers) northwest of the capital of Oslo. Hurtigruten, the cruise line operating the MS Nordlys, has established a hotline for relatives of crew members here.
Two killed in fire on Norwegian cruise liner
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Thanks to Irwin Bryan for pointing out the story.
Luckily they were close to the port of Alesund, don’t what would have happened of this accident had happened further offshore.
Nowhere I heard about the cause of the fire, was it an explosion in the engine-room ? or some malfunctioning (overheating) of some equipment ?
The speculation has been that the fire was caused by an explosion, but reliable information has been scarce. Right now they are do their best to avoid the ship rolling over as firefighters used a lot of water to get the fire under control and induced a list of over 20 degrees. Salvors have put pumps aboard and think that they have the list under control. Time will tell.