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Carnival Triumph adrift off Mexico coast after engine room fire

Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: A 2009 photo of the Carnival Triumph, which is adrift off the Mexico coast after an engine room fire.  Flickr.com / Joe Mazzola

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It was a horrible day for the cruise industry. In addition to the engine room fire on the Carnival Triumph, a Thomson Cruises ship saw five crew members killed during a safety drill.

An engine room fire has left a cruise ship adrift off the coast of Mexico with more than 3,000 passengers on board. Carnival Triumph was without propulsion and operating on emergency generator power following the fire, which was discovered on Sunday morning. None of the ship’s 3,143 guests, or 1,086 crew, wer

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