asked around and a fire system will not shutoff a large diesel those things suck in massive amounts of air

I did see some video/pictures with some big plastic tanks around it on the beach. Makes sense but would 11-12K pounds (even 15K) make much of a difference? My friends 55 Viking was around 75K pounds. A 92 has a gross weight of about 200K pounds. Hardly seems like enough to matter, but what do I know.

@Boosbros

From what I read, there were issues at hand already with the boat. Whether it discharged or malfunctioned the system automatically shuts down the motors.. Lots of nonsense over on THT, but there are a few cats that are knowledgeable and even in the "Know"....

there might be a voltage or eletronic cutoff in the engine computers most agree so far on ran out of fuel there might have been a tank with fuel but you have to set the fuel valves to that tank

They did unground her after the removal.

4100 gallons of fuel capacity and 2 2600 hp V16 MTUs

Yeah I saw the Alfred Montanar(sp) guys video... well the last few minutes of it..

Last 10 minutes of the video was great

Bet the new owner was glad it happened before taking possession.
Can't even imagine what the Sea-Tow bill was.

I've seen large diesel engs that used a fire damper to shut off the incoming air into the eng in case of fire. It was triggered from a guarded switch near the drivers seat but It had to be reset manually in the eng compartment.

Statement from Viking yachts.