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- WORLD, Page 37World NotesSCANDINAVIAArson Aboard A Star?
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- The ferry route had long been popular for its inexpensive
- overnight rides from Oslo, Norway, to Frederikshavn, Denmark.
- Perhaps 495 passengers and crew were aboard the Scandinavian
- Star on Saturday morning as it chugged through the North Sea's
- Skagerrak Strait, off the southern coast of Norway. Then, at
- about 2:30 a.m., two fires broke out on the 10,000-ton Star,
- killing at least 100 people and leaving scores missing.
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- The first blaze started on a lower deck of the vessel and
- was easily extinguished. About 15 minutes later, a second fire
- erupted one deck above the first, trapping sleeping passengers
- in their cabins and automobiles. Eventually the flames were
- beaten down, and the ship was towed into the Swedish port of
- Lysekil. Star Captain Hugo Larsen reportedly said he was "99%
- sure" the disaster was caused by arson.
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