21 injured in explosion and fire on ship at US naval base

An explosion and fire on board a ship at a naval base in the United States have injured 21 people.The ship was undergoing routine maintenance at the timeThe blaze at Naval Base San Diego in California was reported shortly before 9:00am on Sunday on USS Bonhomme Richard, US Navy spokesman Mike Raney said.

Seventeen sailors and four civilians were taken to hospital with "non-life threatening injuries", Mr Raney said in a brief statement.The cause of the fire was under investigation and it was not immediately known where on the 255-metre amphibious assault vessel the blast and fire occurred.San Diego is the Bonhomme Richard's home port and it was undergoing routine maintenance at the time of the fire.

ArcalaLourdez Explosion or bomb?

who cares

It doesn’t seem probable but the possible has maybe left clues for Detectives.

sad

Prayers for our military 🙏🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏼🙏🏼

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