Originally posted by dougburns:
After 26 plus years in the Navy and having seen a lot of fires at sea, there's no way that a cigarette caused the fire on the Princess ship. It will be interesting to see what the final determination of the cause is.
Doug,
The investigation was performed by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch of the British Government in cooperation with the US Coast Guard and other agencies. (See
MAIB ) They concluded that the fire was probably caused by a discarded cigarette butt that ignited combustible material on the balcony and then quickly spread to adjacent balconies.
