WilliamH;496574 said:

Those four ships were certainly prone to engine room fires, I experienced one on Orchidea (suspected cause lub oil mist being drawn into turbo blower on No5 Generator) it was quickly extinguished using CO2 total flooding. I also was sent to the Gladioli after a disastrous fire in Equador, and worked as riding crew on the tow to Sweden. After the fire on the Orchidea I was asked by Maritme Fruit superintendents if I thought it could be sabotage, I laughed at the suggestion at the time, but in later live I sometimes wonder. As far as I know all four vessels had at least one engine room fire while operated by Maritime Fruit.

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