Colleen Skantar
Died In Fire Aboard Cruise Ship
Scandinavian Sun - August 20, 1984
Colleen Skantar
Event Date: August 20, 1984
Bruise: Onboard Death
Bruise Location: Caribbean
Age: 24
Home Town: Palm Beach, Florida
Cruise Line: Scandinavian World Cruises
Cruise Ship: Scandinavian Sun
Details:
Palm Beach teacher Colleen Skantar was aboard the Scandinavian Sun when a fire broke out in the engine room, filling the ship with smoke. Mrs. Skantar, age 24, was on a cruise with her husband when the fire broke out.
The couple had been staying in stateroom 440 while on the cruise and there is where she was found, having died from smoke inhalation.
Mrs. Skantar was one of two people who died in the fire. At least 33 others were injured.
The ship had just returned from a day long trip to the Bahamas, when the fire broke out around 11:20pm. Within a half hour later the fire was put out.
