A fire that broke out in the engine room of the Scandinavian World Cruises M/V Scanadinavian Star today, took the lives of two passengers and injured at least 33 others while the ship was docked in the Port of Miami Florida.
Metro-Dade police spokesman Larry Chilson said the county medical examiner's report showed the two who died during the fire had succumbed to heavy smoke inhalation.
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 contained.
There were 500 passengers aboard who were quickly evacuated.
M/V Scandinavian Sun Fire
Two Passengers Dead - 31 Injured
August 20, 1984
