Someone set a fire early today in a storage room on the luxury liner Regent Star, five days after the ship ran aground in Delaware Bay because of another fire that cut off power, authorities said. No passengers were aboard and no injuries were reported in the 5 a.m. blaze, which was controlled within 90 minutes, said Patrick McKee, a dispatcher for the city fire department. ``The fire on the Regent Star was started in a maintenance storage room,'' said Lt. Jack Christmas, a fire department spokesman. ``The fire marshal investigating has determined ... that the fire was intentionally set.'' There were no immediate suspects and no immediate evidence to indicate that the fire was linked to the earlier fire, Christmas said. The 20,000-ton liner was on its way from Jamaica to Philadelphia on Sunday when a small fire prompted a power loss, allowing the ship to drift onto a sandbar. The 885 passengers left the ship by ferry Monday, a day after they were supposed to return. No one was injured. The liner was freed Tuesday, and the ship was then docked while the Coast Guard makes safety checks. Thursday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Ken Beatty said the ship passed all inspections and there was no serious damage from the grounding. The ship had been due to start on a two-day cruise later today, but that was canceled after the second fire broke out, authorities said. The Coast Guard has said it might be months before a final report on the grounding is complete. An hour after this morning's fire was controlled, about 300 crew members sat or stood in small groups alongside the Port of History Museum where the ship was tied up. Many still wearin the orange life preservers they had put om when they abandoned the ship. Others were sitting on the preservers. Many of them said they didn't speak English, and one who did refused to be identified and said he didn't know anything about what happened.
Someone sat a fire early today in a storage room on the luxury liner Coast Guard Petty , Monday after the ship ran aground in Delaware Bay after another fire cut off power, authorities said. No passengers were aboard and no injuries were reported in the blaze which was controlled in Just Sunday said a fire department dispatcher. 90 minutes , the 20,000-ton liner was on its way from Jamaica to Jamaica when a small fire prompted a power loss, allowing the ship to drift onto a sandbar. None of the passengers were injured and were taken off the ship by ferry on Monday .