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The latest problem for that industry. there have been more than 20 fires on cruise ships in just the last 15 months and that includes an engine room fire that crippled the carnival triumph, leaving it adrift for days in the gulf of mexico. no word on what caused this most recent fire. gretchen, steven, brian, i just read that they spent $20 million renovating the ship. >> gretchen: hours from now, zimmerman will be back in court and the attorneys will ask that the jurors be able to visit the scene of the shooting and that the jurors names be kept credit and the attorneys will ask that especial...

Now when i opened the door to our cabin about, that's when i smelled smoke. they instructed us to put on our life vests and go to our muster stations. >> reporter: that's not clear what caused the fire. it burned for two hours on the stern, destroying parts of several of the decks. the ship itself did not lose power and was able to dock in the bahamas on monday afternoon, martha. martha: what a mess. what is next for the passengers? >> reporter: royal caribbean officials were on the scene in the bahamas. they're arranging charter flights back to baltimore. that is where the cruise started. pas...

The entire back end of a massive ship scorched. more than 2200 passengers aboard a bahamas bound cruise were roused by a terrifying wake-up call early monday morning. >> boats have been lowered around deck around 3:00 a.m. and our life jackets. not a drill. not a joke. everyone is freaking out. >> reporter: for the third time this year, mechanical problems caused a major cruise ship to upend a caribbean vacation for thousands of passengers. this time it was a fire aboard royal caribbean's "grandeur of the seas." passenger katie coleman told cnn -- >> it's the most terrifying thing in my life. ...

End a caribbean vacation for thousands of passengers. this time, a fire aboard royal caribbean's "grannure of the seas." katy coleman, passenger, told cnn -- >> the most terrifying thing in my life. >> reporter: in february, an engine room fire on the carnival "triumph," shutting down power and the ship's sewer system for days. one month later, carnival's "dream" lost power from a generator failure while in part and now royal caribbean has its own set of problems. royal caribbean said in a statement, on monday, may 27, at approximately 2:50 a.m., "grandeur of the seas" experienced a fire on th...

Never lost power. they are flying in there to survey the damage. all the passengers are being refunded their money and flown back to baltimore, maryland today. and in just the last 15 moss, there was an engine room fire. no word yet on what caused this fire. back to you guys. >> steve: thank you rech. >> gretchen: now, just a few hours, george zimmerman will be back in court, he wants them to