... and yet another liveaboard fire - Red Sea

Article here with eye witness reports, unconfirmed reports of someone missing and harrowing reports of guests rescuing themselves, plus accusations of issues with safety equipment on board.  Cause variously reported as a cable fire and starting in the kitchen.

https://www.thescubanews.com/2024/03/01/eyewitnesses-share-insights-into-sea-legend-fire-sinking-and-missing-diver/

Another tragedy, it seems there is indeed one diver missing: https://taucher.net/diveinside-sinking_of_the_sea_legend_in_the_red_sea-kaz9193

A report, based on the statements of three guest divers, sounds worrying:

https://taucher.net/diveinside-fire_on_the_m_y_sea_legend-kaz9201

Of course we must be very careful with the cable salad that we produce, but I could not read anywhere that a Li+ battery was the reason for the disaster (engine room or kitchen are usually and most frequently the sources of fire on board)...

Wolfgang

P.S.: I think this tread would be better visible in one of the forum categories...