Thousands of degrees of fire could be the culprit for sinking the Titanic

A large fire at the coal mine may have damaged the Titanic's steel cover before leaving, making it easy to be crushed by the iceberg.

Senan Molony, a journalist studying the sinking of the Titanic during the past 30 years, claims a massive fire broke out on board as the main cause of the incident, the Independent yesterday reported.

The Titanic was wrecked in April 1912 while traveling from Southampton, England to New York, USA, killing 1,500 passengers. Previously, the cause of the disaster was attributed to the ship colliding with the iceberg.

Fires can be the real culprits of sinking the Titanic.(Photo: Steve Raffield).

However, after analyzing the photograph of the Titanic before leaving Belfast Shipyard, Molony spotted black streaks over 9m long along the right side of the ship.

"When we were studying the location of the iceberg, we found that the ship was showing signs of deterioration from the Belfast factory , " Molony said.

Experts claim that a fire started from a coal pit behind the ship's combustion chamber that created this black trail when it was still in the workshop. A group of 12 people tried to extinguish the fire, but it was too large to control the temperature of up to 1,000 degrees C. Metallurgical experts said the high temperature made the hull of the hull steel shell decrease by 75%. Therefore, when the ship crashed into the iceberg, the steel shell was crunchy at the moment, easily torn apart.

J. Bruce Ismay, the president of the shipbuilding company Titanic, instructed the ship's personnel not to talk about the fire with 2,500 passengers. According to Malony, at Southampton wharf, the ship was also anchored backwards to prevent passengers from seeing the damaged part of the hull.

"The cause of the sinking of the Titanic is not simply a collision with the iceberg. It is a combination of fire, ice and human negligence. The manufacturer knows but has overlooked the fire. The ship shouldn't have set sail, " Molony said.