Carnival cruise ship adrift off Mexican coast after fire
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Carnival Triumph, a cruise ship owned by Carnival Corp under its Carnival Cruise Lines
brand, was adrift 150 miles off southern Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on
Sunday after a fire that caused no injuries, the company said in a
statement.
The engine room fire, which took place in the morning,
had been extinguished and the ship was without propulsion, and operating
on emergency generator power, the company said.
None of the 3,143
guests nor 1,086 crew were injured, and a tugboat was on its way to drag
the vessel to the Mexican port of Progreso, where it was expected to
arrive on Wednesday afternoon, Carnival said.
The company said the U.S. Coast Guard had been notified."Another Carnival ship, the Carnival Elation, is currently on scene and transferring additional food and beverage provisions to the Carnival Triumph," the statement said.
In January last year, the Costa Concordia, a 114,500 tonne luxury cruise ship operated by the Carnival Corp-owned Costa Cruises, capsized and sank off the Tuscan island of Giglio in Italy, killing 32 people.
Last month, Costa Cruises said Italian investigators
were looking into the vessel owner's potential responsibility for the
shipwreck.The Carnival Triumph set sail from Galveston, Texas, on Thursday, and was due back on Monday February 11.
Carnival said all passengers would receive a refund and "cruise credit equal to the amount paid for this voyage." The ship's next two voyages, scheduled for departure next week, were canceled, the company added.
(Reporting by Gabriel Stargardter; editing by Christopher Wilson)
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