River Cruise Ship Update
Phnom Penh: A three-story international cruise ship had what appeared to be a fire on board at 5:55 pm on April 23, 2019 on the Tonle Sap near the east side of Chroy Changva commune, Chroy Changvar district.
A witness on the river bank said there was an explosion heard from the boat, He saw a pale black smoke coming from the back and a crowd of people running to the side.
Immediately, the police force and traffic police went out in two boats and controlled the situation.
According to a guard, the large cruise liner was an international boat, which takes foreigners to Phnom Penh, He added that this was most likely a cruise ship from Vietnam, bringing foreigner tourists to Cambodia.
*The name of the boat and company, and what happened next were not reported in Kohsantepheap.
- A reader on Facebook wrote:
- “I asked someone at Aqua Mekong and they told me there was no fire.
The fire detection system thought it was a fire (the engine room had a temperature of 41c and outside was 39c). It triggered the automatic fire prevention and sprayed foam on the engine.
So the smoke was from the foam “
Who are your sources? There was no fire but the extinguisher system was activated. Maybe you should put this under Fake News.
Sources are clearly linked in the article.