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Let’s see whether Carnival mishandles the situation like Royal Caribbean did.
#CARNIVAL FREEDOM FIRE IN GRAND TURK INSTALL#
As we wrote soon after the fire, Royal Caribbean had hired a engineering group in install a scrubber system which involved extensive welding operations while the ship was underway, rather than conduct such dangerous work during a dry dock. Coast Guard conducted a survey of the damage before the ship continued its cruise and no one began to conduct an investigation into the root cause of the fire. Images shared by Ricky Ruble showed part of the iconic 'whale tail' funnel consumed in flames.
In that case, neither the flag state nor the classification society nor the vessel’s underwriters nor the U.S. A Carnival Cruise ship that departed from Florida earlier in the week caught fire Thursday morning while in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The incident is reminiscent of a similar f ire on Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas in July of 2015 when the ship was about to dock in Jamaica.You can see a video of that ship fire here.
#CARNIVAL FREEDOM FIRE IN GRAND TURK FULL#
The ship should not be permitted to sail until there has been a full inspection by the vessel’s classification society with a conclusion that the ship is seaworthy and fit to sail back to Florida. There is no word yet from Carnival whether it will promptly fly its customers back to Florida and issue a full refund. We continue to assess the situation.”Ĭarnival Freedom earlier today 🔥😥 The fire was put out and all are safe. All guests and crew are safe, and the ship’s guests were cleared by local authorities to go ashore. qEULezNgq2Ĭarnival Cruise Line issued a PR statement, saying: “ Carnival Freedom‘s emergency response team quickly activated and extinguished a fire inside the ship’s funnel while the ship was in Grand Turk. Part of Carnival's Freedom cruise ship caught fire Thursday morning while docked at Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the cruise line said, sending dark black smoke into the. NEW VIDEO: The Carnival cruise ship fire was caught on camera by a passenger from a nearby boat. Martime expert Bill Doherty posted on Facebook these comments: “Why wasn’t General Alarm for FIRE sounded and passengers and crew mustered, accounted for and non- essential persons, immediately evacuated?”įOX35 Orlando published photos and video courtesy of cruise passenger Ricky Ruble (top). You can see many dozens of photographs and video of the large fire on Twitter. I also see lots of guests standing around taking videos including some guests who remained in the swiming pool. There is one popular blog that claims passengers were summoned to their muster stations and donned life jackets, and if true I wonder why they would be doing this given the fact that the ship was at port. Fortunately, there are no injuries reported so far.Ī large number of cruise guests posted images on Twitter of what appears to be a fire coming from inside the ship’s funnel.
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