Norwegian Cruise Ship Fire

Two dead, nine injured after engine room fire
Published Thursday, September 15, 2011
OSLO, Norway (AP) — An "intense" fire in a cruise ship's engine room killed two crewmen Thursday, injured nine others and forced over 200 passengers to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast. Police suspect an accidental on-board explosion. Thick black smoke billowed from the stern of the boat, the MS Nordlys, of Norway's Hurtigruten line even before it pulled into the dock at Aalesund, 230 miles (375 kilometers) northwest of the capital of Oslo. Police sealed off parts of the town as the smoke engulfed nearby buildings.

  • Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the Hurtigruten ships billows smoke as it approaches Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. Passengers were forced to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast on Thursday when a fire in the engine room killed two crew members and sent heavy smoke billowing through the ship. Operator Hurtigruten ASA said nine other crew were taken to hospital, two with serious burns and smoke injuries. All 207 passengers _ and most of the crew of 55 _ on board the MS Nordlys were taken to safety. Danielle Passebois-Paya, a French tourist, told Norwegian daily Aftenposten that the evacuation went smoothly. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Svein Ove Ekornesvag)
  • A fireboat sprays water onto the hull of the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the Hurtigruten ships, to cool it as it lies berthed alongside Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. Passengers were forced to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast on Thursday when a fire in the engine room killed two crew members and sent heavy smoke billowing through the ship. Operator Hurtigruten ASA said nine other crew were taken to hospital, two with serious burns and smoke injuries. All 207 passengers _ and most of the crew of 55 _ on board the MS Nordlys were taken to safety. Danielle Passebois-Paya, a French tourist, told Norwegian daily Aftenposten that the evacuation went smoothly. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Svein Ove Ekornesvag)
  • Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the Hurtigruten ships lists from the amount of water being pumped inside as she is berther alongside Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. Passengers were forced to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast on Thursday when a fire in the engine room killed two crew members and sent heavy smoke billowing through the ship. Operator Hurtigruten ASA said nine other crew were taken to hospital, two with serious burns and smoke injuries. All 207 passengers _ and most of the crew of 55 _ on board the MS Nordlys were taken to safety. Danielle Passebois-Paya, a French tourist, told Norwegian daily Aftenposten that the evacuation went smoothly. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Svein Ove Ekornesvag)
  • Smoke rises from the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the classic Hurtigruten ships alongside in Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011 as firefighters and police attend. The Sunnmore police district says that 106 passengers were evacuated into lifeboats before the vessel managed to dock into the port of Alesund. The rest of the passengers and crew were being evacuated. Police said no one was killed but three people were taken to hospital. The fire broke out in the engine room at 9.20 a.m. (0720 GMT). (AP Photo/Scanpix)
  • Passengers are landed from a lifeboat after a fire on the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the classic Hurtigruten ships in Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. The Sunnmore police district says that 106 passengers were evacuated into lifeboats before the vessel managed to dock into the port of Alesund. The rest of the passengers and crew were being evacuated. Police said no one was killed but three people were taken to hospital. The fire broke out in the engine room at 9.20 a.m. (0720 GMT). (AP Photo/Scanpix)
  • Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the Hurtigruten ships billows smoke as it approaches Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. Passengers were forced to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast on Thursday when a fire in the engine room killed two crew members and sent heavy smoke billowing through the ship. Operator Hurtigruten ASA said nine other crew were taken to hospital, two with serious burns and smoke injuries. All 207 passengers _ and most of the crew of 55 _ on board the MS Nordlys were taken to safety. Danielle Passebois-Paya, a French tourist, told Norwegian daily Aftenposten that the evacuation went smoothly. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Svein Ove Ekornesvag)
  • A fireboat sprays water onto the hull of the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the Hurtigruten ships, to cool it as it lies berthed alongside Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. Passengers were forced to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast on Thursday when a fire in the engine room killed two crew members and sent heavy smoke billowing through the ship. Operator Hurtigruten ASA said nine other crew were taken to hospital, two with serious burns and smoke injuries. All 207 passengers _ and most of the crew of 55 _ on board the MS Nordlys were taken to safety. Danielle Passebois-Paya, a French tourist, told Norwegian daily Aftenposten that the evacuation went smoothly. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Svein Ove Ekornesvag)
  • Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the Hurtigruten ships lists from the amount of water being pumped inside as she is berther alongside Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. Passengers were forced to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast on Thursday when a fire in the engine room killed two crew members and sent heavy smoke billowing through the ship. Operator Hurtigruten ASA said nine other crew were taken to hospital, two with serious burns and smoke injuries. All 207 passengers _ and most of the crew of 55 _ on board the MS Nordlys were taken to safety. Danielle Passebois-Paya, a French tourist, told Norwegian daily Aftenposten that the evacuation went smoothly. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Svein Ove Ekornesvag)
  • Smoke rises from the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the classic Hurtigruten ships alongside in Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011 as firefighters and police attend. The Sunnmore police district says that 106 passengers were evacuated into lifeboats before the vessel managed to dock into the port of Alesund. The rest of the passengers and crew were being evacuated. Police said no one was killed but three people were taken to hospital. The fire broke out in the engine room at 9.20 a.m. (0720 GMT). (AP Photo/Scanpix)
  • Passengers are landed from a lifeboat after a fire on the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the classic Hurtigruten ships in Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. The Sunnmore police district says that 106 passengers were evacuated into lifeboats before the vessel managed to dock into the port of Alesund. The rest of the passengers and crew were being evacuated. Police said no one was killed but three people were taken to hospital. The fire broke out in the engine room at 9.20 a.m. (0720 GMT). (AP Photo/Scanpix)
  • Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the Hurtigruten ships billows smoke as it approaches Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. Passengers were forced to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast on Thursday when a fire in the engine room killed two crew members and sent heavy smoke billowing through the ship. Operator Hurtigruten ASA said nine other crew were taken to hospital, two with serious burns and smoke injuries. All 207 passengers _ and most of the crew of 55 _ on board the MS Nordlys were taken to safety. Danielle Passebois-Paya, a French tourist, told Norwegian daily Aftenposten that the evacuation went smoothly. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Svein Ove Ekornesvag)
  • A fireboat sprays water onto the hull of the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the Hurtigruten ships, to cool it as it lies berthed alongside Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. Passengers were forced to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast on Thursday when a fire in the engine room killed two crew members and sent heavy smoke billowing through the ship. Operator Hurtigruten ASA said nine other crew were taken to hospital, two with serious burns and smoke injuries. All 207 passengers _ and most of the crew of 55 _ on board the MS Nordlys were taken to safety. Danielle Passebois-Paya, a French tourist, told Norwegian daily Aftenposten that the evacuation went smoothly. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Svein Ove Ekornesvag)
  • Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the Hurtigruten ships lists from the amount of water being pumped inside as she is berther alongside Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. Passengers were forced to evacuate a popular cruise off Norway's craggy western coast on Thursday when a fire in the engine room killed two crew members and sent heavy smoke billowing through the ship. Operator Hurtigruten ASA said nine other crew were taken to hospital, two with serious burns and smoke injuries. All 207 passengers _ and most of the crew of 55 _ on board the MS Nordlys were taken to safety. Danielle Passebois-Paya, a French tourist, told Norwegian daily Aftenposten that the evacuation went smoothly. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Svein Ove Ekornesvag)
  • Smoke rises from the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the classic Hurtigruten ships alongside in Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011 as firefighters and police attend. The Sunnmore police district says that 106 passengers were evacuated into lifeboats before the vessel managed to dock into the port of Alesund. The rest of the passengers and crew were being evacuated. Police said no one was killed but three people were taken to hospital. The fire broke out in the engine room at 9.20 a.m. (0720 GMT). (AP Photo/Scanpix)
  • Passengers are landed from a lifeboat after a fire on the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys, one of the classic Hurtigruten ships in Alesund in western Norway, Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. The Sunnmore police district says that 106 passengers were evacuated into lifeboats before the vessel managed to dock into the port of Alesund. The rest of the passengers and crew were being evacuated. Police said no one was killed but three people were taken to hospital. The fire broke out in the engine room at 9.20 a.m. (0720 GMT). (AP Photo/Scanpix)
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