It’s not intuitive, but one of the biggest hazards on boats is fire. This is what the crew of the Monte d’Oro, a Corsica Linea ship, and its fifty passengers were faced with, reports Provence.
The ferry had left the port of Ile Rousse in Corsica on Tuesday evening shortly after 7 p.m. when a fire broke out in the engine room, probably due to oil spillage following a burst pipe. . The sailors managed to contain the fire in the engine room and were able to restart two of the four engines of the ship which was able to continue its journey at reduced speed and reach Marseilles.