Fire broke out aboard a Soviet passenger liner carrying French tourists on a cruise of the Mediterranean, but the crew put out the blaze and no passengers were injured, Tass reported Monday. The ship docked at the Maltese port of Valletta and the tourists were expected to continue their voyage on another Soviet ship. It was the second fire aboard a Soviet cruise ship in recent months. A fire in one of Russia's newest luxury liners has been extinguished after it was discovered that an electrical short circuit caused by faulty wiring had not yet reached the ship's engine room, according to Russian news agency On May 18, a blaze broke out on Priamurye while it was in the Japanese port of Osaka. Eleven Soviets were killed in that fire and 26 others were hospitalized in critical condition, Tass reported.
Fire broke out aboard a Soviet passenger liner carrying French tourists on a cruise of the Mediterranean, but the crew put out the blaze and no passengers were injured, Tass reported Monday. The ship docked at the Maltese port of Valletta and the tourists were expected to continue their voyage on another Soviet ship. A fire in one of Russia's newest luxury liners has been extinguished after it was discovered that an electrical short circuit caused by faulty wiring had not yet reached the ship's engine room, according to Russian news agency On May 18, a blaze broke out on Priamurye while it was in the Japanese port of Osaka. Eleven Soviets were killed in that fire and 26 others were hospitalized in critical condition, Tass reported.