[BITList] Coast Guard: Cruise ship fire started with leaking fuel-oil line

[x50type at cox.net]

uscg says fire started when leaking fuel fell on hot generator exhaust [omg – how many times have we heard that?], this was observed by eoow on tv who raised alarm and started extinguishing.
there are reportedly 2 gen rooms with 3 gens in each, other gen room ok.
so how was all power lost and ship died in water?
enquiring minds want to know?

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Coast Guard: Cruise ship fire started with leaking fuel-oil line
"Mike watching the first tugboat setting up to pull us," writes Chase Maclaskey on Instagram. The 4,229 passengers and crew aboard the Carnival Triumph have been stuck on the ship since fire disabled the vessel on Sunday, February 10. Click through to see passengers' photos from on board. "One of two tugboats pulling us through the channel to Mobile, Alabama, along with a channel guide...

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