Unfamiliarity with escape routes was a contributing factor in the death of one crew-member and two contractors in an engine-room fire aboard a cruise ship in the Caribbean. The engine-room fire occurred when a bolted flange parted, resulting in a fuel oil spray from an operating engine's fuel supply line, according to a U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Alert about the Dec. 11 fire on board the 684-passenger cruise ship Insignia.
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