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Fire on board of the Costa Allegra cruise ship
The incident has not caused hurt. Arrest of the system of propulsion of the ship, from which it has been launch a demand for aid
February 27, 2012
After the shipwreck 13th January of Costa Concordia to Isola del Giglio, that it has provoked 25 died and seven missing persons, an incident has been necessary to another ship of the fleet of Costa Crociere. Today in fact a fire in the engine room of the Costa Allegra has exploded who, left from Madagascar, was in navigation in the directed Indian Ocean to the Seychelles Islands, from which is distant 200 miles.
The pyre, that it is tamed and has not caused the wounded, however has provoked the arrest of the system of propulsion and from the cruise ship, that it embarks 636 passengers and 413 members of the crew, it has been launch a demand for aid.
Costa Crociere has specified that the procedures and the antifire system of edge ready are activated, the special teams antifire of edge are taken part and the fire is extinguished and other zone of the ship has not been extended to no. Moreover the company has announced that, for a reason or purpose of precaution, on board the alarm of general emergency is given: all the passengers and the members of the crew, not engaged in the management of the emergency, have gone to the muster station with the necessary equipments of safety.
Costa Crociere has explained that currently on the ship, than he finds himself to about 20 miles by Alphonse Island, are on the verifications on the state of the engine room for being able to make to share the instrumentations necessary to reactivate the functionality of the ship and, as from procedures, is perceived the competent authorities between which Maritime the Rescue Control Centre of Rome that they are following the developments of the situation for giving the necessary support. Sul place tugs and other means of support are going.
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After the shipwreck 13th January of Costa Concordia to Isola del Giglio, that it has provoked 25 died and seven missing persons, an incident has been necessary to another ship of the fleet of Costa Crociere. Today in fact a fire in the engine room of the Costa Allegra has exploded who, left from Madagascar, was in navigation in the directed Indian Ocean to the Seychelles Islands, from which is distant 200 miles.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
