Between 2008 and 2017, the Swedish Club received 28 reports about engine room fires. Fires may take place with very low frequency when compared with other types of damage, but the consequences can be severe. For this reason, the Swedish Club presents ways to prevent such incidents from happening.
Engine rooms on ships have all the ingredients for a fire, while one of the most common causes is lube-oil or fuel-oil mist spraying onto hot surfaces and then igniting.
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