A combustible plastic on the balconies of a Star Princess cruise ship may have played a major role in the quick spread of the March fire aboard the vessel that killed an American man and injured 13 passengers, a British marine agency said Thursday. A type of widely used plastic called polycarbonate found in the ship’s balconies is highly combustible, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch said in a report in connection with the fire, which broke out on the Bermudan-registered cruise ship on March 23.
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Combustible plastic said tied to ship fire
A combustible plastic on the balconies of a Star Princess cruise ship may have played a major role in the quick spread of the March fire aboard the vessel that killed an American man and injured 13 passengers, a British marine agency said Thursday. A type of widely used plastic called polycarbonate
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