[Travelandtourism] Fire breaks out aboard cruise ship off Florida

Mon May 27 19:45:34 UTC 2013

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Just an update everyone is okay on this ship, No one was hurt at all.
I cruise all the time, it is still very popular forms of vacation. You have a resort style vacation on a cruise ship.
Things happen.
Also, the Norwegian Breakaway had some issues with high winds and a few panels that were fixed and went out yesterday for her weekly cruise to Bermuda.
I was on the Breakaway during a big storm on the 2 day travel agent inaugural, which you didn't know you were on a cruise ship.
A friend of mine who is from the NFB of NY, did the transatlantic crossing from Southampton, UK. And they had bad weather and high winds and nothing.
Things happen.
Not the Costa Concorida which was a man made issue, the captain is still in jail on that one.
Things happen on planes, trains, automobiles.
Appreciate the posting.

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> Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 14:17:47 -0500
> Subject: [Travelandtourism] Fire breaks out aboard cruise ship off Florida
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> Fire breaks out aboard cruise ship off Florida
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> John Newland, NBC News
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> Royal Caribbean
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> Fire damage can be seen aboard Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas.
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> A fire broke out early Monday aboard a cruise ship off the Florida coast,
> the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed.
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> The fire, which broke out about 2:50 a.m. ET, was contained to a small area
> of the Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas and was put out just before 5
> a.m., the cruise company said.
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> Responders used equipment onboard the ship to put out the fire as opposed to
> battling it from a cutter, the Coast Guard said.
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> Royal Caribbean Cruises said medical staff responded to several calls for
> assistance from passengers, who were treated for fainting, high blood
> pressure and an ankle sprain. It said none of the cases had been a medical
> emergency.
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> Officials said the fire was contained to the third deck -- out of 11 -- on
> the 916-foot ship.
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> It was categorized as a "Class A" fire, which means it broke out in solid
> combustible materials such as wood or plastic and did not involve fuel or
> other flammable liquids, the Coast Guard said.
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> Video: A Royal Caribbean ship is heading back to shore after a fire broke
> out on one of the decks early Monday. No injuries were reported. NBC's Katie
> Johnson reports.
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> The ship radioed for assistance, the Coast Guard station in Lake Worth,
> Fla., said, declining to give further specifics.
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> NBC affiliate WPTV reported that another cruise ship, the Carnival
> Sensation, had been put on standby to help the ship in case of evacuations.
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> The Grandeur of the Seas was recently given a $48 million refurbishment and
> was based in Baltimore.
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> The 74,000-ton ship, carrying 2,224 passengers and 796 crew members, was on
> its way to Coco Cay, Bahamas, when the fire broke out, Royal Caribbean said
> in a statement.
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> The ship arrived in Freeport, Bahamas, about 10:15 a.m. ET for an
> "evaluation," the company said, adding that the vessel had full power.
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> The Grandeur of the Seas is one 41 ships operated by Royal Caribbean, which
> is the world's second-largest cruise operator.
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> A team from Royal Caribbean, including chief executive Adam Goldstein and
> guest care specialists, headed for Freeport on Monday to meet guests, the
> company said.
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> David Wyllie of BreakingNews.com contributed to this report.
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