Maritime blaze

摘要

A FIRE on a Norwegian cruise liner claimed the lives of two crew members and injured 16 people. Some 106 passengers were evacuated into lifeboats after the MS Nordlys caught fire off Norway's western coast in early September. The remaining 150 passengers and crew left the vessel when it docked at the port of Alesund. Some crew stayed on board to help put out the fire, which is thought to have started in the engine room. The incident came as the UK Government decided to discontinue the Maritime Incident Response Group, which provides fire-fighting, chemical hazard and rescue teams around the UK coastline