Short circuit caused ferry fire

The fire aboard the 'Eleftherios Venizelos' was caused a short-circuit in a motor of a truck. The temperature of the engine of this truck reached 500 degrees Celsius. As a result, the fire reached the nearby vehicles and in less than four minutes the situation was uncontrollable. What stopped the fire from spreading to higher decks of the ferry was the good condition in which the ferry was in and its fire safety system.