“A cruise ship with nearly 3,300 passengers on board was stranded off the coast of Mexico Tuesday after it lost power following an engine room fire, Carnival Cruise Lines said in a statement.
The fire occurred about 6 a.m. Monday in the aft engine room of the Carnival Splendor, the cruise line said Tuesday in a statement posted on its website. The blaze was extinguished and no passengers or crew were injured.”
(Source: Cruise ship stranded without power after fire – CNN.com.)