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Norfolk, Va: Navy Ship Fire
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by ryan | September 15, 2007 at 07:29 am
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Norfolk, Va: CNN reports A Navy Ship, the USS Leyte Gulf caught on fire Saturday morning. Five civilian contractors were injured. The fire is reportedly extinguisehd and an investigation into the cause of the fire is underway. See here for the official website of the ship. There were about 300 individuals on board when the fire broke out.
The cause of the fire is still undetermined but an act of terror has been ruled out.
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at 07:34 on September 15th, 2007
Ryan Nadel, thanks for this please let us know more if you get more information. Good stuff.
at 07:35 on September 15th, 2007
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at 02:11 on September 17th, 2007
Hi Guys,
It appears, from what this article says, it's was an industrial accident. I guess we've got a case
of the jitters lately.
Fumes fuel fire, injuring 5 on cruiser Leyte Gulf.
"There's nothing to believe it's
suspicious," said Battalion Chief Bruce Evans, a spokesman for Norfolk
Fire-Rescue. "It was an industrial accident."
The incident, at 9:29 a.m., came as the ship is undergoing modernization.
He said crews, working in a berthing area two decks below the main deck, were using a lacquer thinner to strip floors.
Fumes from the cleaning materials built up
and ignited, investigators from the shipyard and the fire department
determined, Evans said Saturday night.
He said there really wasn't a "big boom" of
an explosion. Rather, there was a loud noise - more like a "woomph" -
when the fumes ignited.
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