Cruise ship fire leaves guests stranded on Caribbean island

Cruise address blaze leaves guests abandoned on Caribbean island, About 4,500 cartage and aggregation were abandoned in the U.S. Virgin Islands for a additional day afterwards an engine blaze on lath a cruise address operated by Carnival Corp.

The aggregation said on Tuesday that a aggregation of experts, including assembly of the U.S. Bank Guard, had boarded the Carnival Liberty to appraise accident to the engine area. There were no injuries to guests or crew.

Passengers and aggregation were told to abandon onshore on Monday afterwards blubbery atramentous smoke was apparent ascent from the address while it was docked in St. Thomas, a Reuters anchorman on lath the barge said. Staff broadcast baptize and candy in the port.

The blaze was abolished by the ship's automatic abolishment system, Carnival said. The could could cause has yet to be bent and the aggregation has yet to acquaint cartage of its affairs above Tuesday.

The Carnival Liberty set captain from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Sunday with 3,346 guests and 1,150 aggregation on board, Carnival said. It was a day into a week-long Caribbean cruise if the blaze bankrupt out.

Passengers were transferred to adjacent hotels, area movies were buried and a cafe was served afore abiding to absorb the night on the ship. On Tuesday, every commuter was offered $150 acclaim to absorb on lath and chargeless busline into town.

The U.S. Bank Guard said in a account that abyssal assurance board were on the arena in St. Thomas to appraise accident and to actuate the could could cause of the fire.

Engine allowance fires accept disrupted added cruises in contempo years. In 2013, the Carnival Triumph was rendered out of service, abrogation about 4,000 humans afloat in the Gulf of Mexico after ability or able sanitation. (http://reut.rs/1Ova1wR)

Later that year, a blaze aboard a Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd address affected it to berth at Freeport in the Bahamas.(http://reut.rs/1iuFPYw)

In 2010, an engine blaze bedridden the Carnival Splendor's propulsion arrangement and agape out a lot of of its ability off the Pacific bank of Mexico.
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