Fire on RCL Allure of the Seas

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A small fire broke out late Friday on Royal Caribbean's 5,400-passenger Allure of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, the Miami Herald is reporting.

The news outlet says the flames, in an engine, were quickly extinguished by the ship's fire suppression system, and no passengers or crew were injured.

Allure of the Seas was sailing from St. Maarten to its home port of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at the time time of the fire. It's scheduled to return to Fort Lauderdale on Sunday.

The incident comes just weeks after an Azamara Club Cruises ship temporarily lost power in Asia after an engine room fire and two months after an engine room fire disabled Costa Cruises' Costa Allegra.

Unveiled in late 2010, Allure of the Seas shares the title of world's largest ship with a sister vessel, the two-year-old Oasis of the Seas.

 

[nenis]

happy everybody is safe. Thanks for sharing!

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

You really couldn't write this stuff!

Either Carnival Corp are going through a rough time, or there does need to be a change of shoreside personnel to sort out onboard operations.
It's becoming a bit to regular now even though every little thing will be highlighted as they are in the spot light.

Ex Techie

Edit: Another screw up on my part!

 

[kcashner]

RCL is not part of Carnival as far as I know.

Isn't this what DCL calls a "thermal anomaly?"

 

[extechie rbd/wdt]

Another screw up on my part!

Ex Techie

 

[sunshine1259]

Well, I just hope they have all the issues resolved before next Sunday. I will be on it then!!!

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

RCL is not part of Carnival as far as I know.

Isn't this what DCL calls a "thermal anomaly?"

I love the *thermal anomaly*..........no doubt....... thats from the spins doctors!!!

 

[ilovetexas]

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=4810

Looks like fires on ships are becoming all too common. Read the last paragraph of this article. I wonder if it happens more now, or if we just hear about it more.

Thermal anomaly......that's funny.

 

[Carol36]

We were on the Allure last summer; beautiful ship and wonderful vacation!

 

[plutolovr]

Fire turned out to be a non-issue. Engine fire in auxiliary engine quickly extinguished. Had something to do with an oil leak or spill. Ship never stopped or did not lose any time.

 

[scoob2011]

Any time there is a fire must be a scary thing.

We had a ground floor, kitchen fire at the hotel we stayed at a few months ago- 16 floors up and walked down at 10pm...whew.


Glad things worked out for them.