Carnival AZIPOD Posted February 17, 2009 #1 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themnms Posted February 17, 2009 #2 Share Posted February 17, 2009 wow, which ship and when was this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnival AZIPOD Posted February 17, 2009 Author #3 Share Posted February 17, 2009 From Wikipedia: The Fire (Star Princess) On March 23, 2006, at about 3 am, a fire broke out in the passenger compartments, amidships, on the port side of the ship [1]. Shortly after, the captain sounded the General Emergency Signal—seven short blasts followed by one long blast on the ship's whistle, which woke passengers up all over the ship. Passengers went to muster stations and evacuees were combined into groups, then stationed in cramped rooms for about seven hours. Some passengers who needed regular medication required crew members to go into their suites and retrieve their medication. Passengers evacuated their cabins into public areas through smoky hallways, grabbing their life jackets on the way. The evacuation was reportedly orderly, in contrast to deadlier fires such as those on the Morro Castle and Yarmouth Castle. [2] Lifeboats were lowered, but proved to be unnecessary, as the fire was contained and doused, and the ship headed into Montego Bay under her own power. The fire was probably caused by a cigarette left burning on a balcony, which had become hot enough to melt the balcony divides made from plastic polycarbonate, a material that had been approved by international cruise line safety rules. The fire caused scorching damage in up to 150 cabins, and smoke damage in at least 100 more on passenger decks 9 to 12 (Dolphin, Caribe, Baja and Aloha decks). A passenger, Richard Liffidge, 72, of Georgia, died from "asphyxia secondary to inhalation of smoke and irrespirable gases" and eleven other passengers suffered significant smoke inhalation. While a smouldering discarded cigarette probably caused the flames the following items were also at fault for allowing the fire to spread as quickly as it did: The balconies’ polycarbonate partitions, polyurethane deck tiles, and the plastic furniture were highly combustible and produced large quantities of very thick black smoke when burned. The glass in the doors between the staterooms and balconies were neither fire retardent, to meet with the requirements of an ‘A’ class division, or self-closing. The balconies crossed main zone fire boundaries, both horizontally and vertically, without structural or thermal barriers at the zone or deck boundaries. No fire detection or fire suppression systems were fitted on the balconies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted February 17, 2009 #4 Share Posted February 17, 2009 So that's what a smoker's lungs look like, inside!Always wondered. :D Interesting pictures - thanks for posting them. Where did you find them? There's a guy who runs a website called SMOKE-FREE CRUISES. Wish him luck, coz it ain't gonna happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRoff Posted February 17, 2009 #5 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Terrible pictures. Poor Star. We were on her just a couple of weeks before the fire. It's nice to see that most all cruise lines have installed sprinkler systems on balconies now. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_lover Posted February 17, 2009 #6 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Wow, that's a crazy story, i'm sure people for the first part didn't even know what was going on and must of been so scared. I'll be on the Star in 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserbryce Posted February 17, 2009 #7 Share Posted February 17, 2009 eek... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themnms Posted February 18, 2009 #8 Share Posted February 18, 2009 From Wikipedia: The Fire (Star Princess) On March 23, 2006, at about 3 am, a fire broke out in the passenger compartments, amidships, on the port side of the ship [1]. Shortly after, the captain sounded the General Emergency Signal—seven short blasts followed by one long blast on the ship's whistle, which woke passengers up all over the ship. Passengers went to muster stations and evacuees were combined into groups, then stationed in cramped rooms for about seven hours. Some passengers who needed regular medication required crew members to go into their suites and retrieve their medication. Passengers evacuated their cabins into public areas through smoky hallways, grabbing their life jackets on the way. The evacuation was reportedly orderly, in contrast to deadlier fires such as those on the Morro Castle and Yarmouth Castle. [2] Lifeboats were lowered, but proved to be unnecessary, as the fire was contained and doused, and the ship headed into Montego Bay under her own power. The fire was probably caused by a cigarette left burning on a balcony, which had become hot enough to melt the balcony divides made from plastic polycarbonate, a material that had been approved by international cruise line safety rules. The fire caused scorching damage in up to 150 cabins, and smoke damage in at least 100 more on passenger decks 9 to 12 (Dolphin, Caribe, Baja and Aloha decks). A passenger, Richard Liffidge, 72, of Georgia, died from "asphyxia secondary to inhalation of smoke and irrespirable gases" and eleven other passengers suffered significant smoke inhalation. While a smouldering discarded cigarette probably caused the flames the following items were also at fault for allowing the fire to spread as quickly as it did: The balconies’ polycarbonate partitions, polyurethane deck tiles, and the plastic furniture were highly combustible and produced large quantities of very thick black smoke when burned. The glass in the doors between the staterooms and balconies were neither fire retardent, to meet with the requirements of an ‘A’ class division, or self-closing. The balconies crossed main zone fire boundaries, both horizontally and vertically, without structural or thermal barriers at the zone or deck boundaries. No fire detection or fire suppression systems were fitted on the balconies. thanks for the info!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnival AZIPOD Posted February 18, 2009 Author #9 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Got the pics out of a Marine Accident Report for this incident. If you're interested, you can read it here. http://www.maib.gov.uk/cms_resources/Star%20Princess.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted February 20, 2009 #10 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Got the pics out of a Marine Accident Report for this incident. If you're interested, you can read it here. http://www.maib.gov.uk/cms_resources/Star%20Princess.pdf Thank you for that link. I've saved a copy of the .pdf file for future reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasetf Posted February 24, 2009 #11 Share Posted February 24, 2009 If interested.... here are the pictures some guy posted as she was being repaired. It was pretty amazing how fast they got her fixed and back sailing. :) http://www.essorg.de/sp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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