Fire of cruise ship "Asuka 2" Welding work heat transmitted to iron wall and ignited? June 20 6:25

On the 16th of this month, the material storage area of ​​the large-scale cruise ship "Asuka 2" anchored at Yokohama Port burned down, the heat of the welding work performed at that time transmitted the iron wall to a high temperature, Interviews with ship accident investigators revealed that there was a high possibility that something from inside would ignite.

On 16th of this month, a large cruise ship "Asuka 2" berthed at Yokohama Port had a fire in the material storage area, which caused smoke to rise temporarily, but the fire was extinguished approximately three and a half hours later, and no one was injured.

On the 19th, as a result of three ship accident investigators of the national transport safety committee entering the site for the first time and examining it in detail, it was found that welding work was being performed near that time using a burner with a high temperature of over 1500 degrees. Is understood.

According to the investigations so far, it was thought that the sparks generated by welding may be the cause, but according to the accident investigator, the heat of welding is transmitted from the structure of the site and the iron wall of the material storage area is high in temperature. It means that there is a high possibility that an item in the material storage area was ignited.

Since the fire on the wall that seemed to have ignited was the most intense, the Transportation Safety Commission will continue to investigate the cause.