LOS ANGELES, (Xinhua) - A sum of 21 individuals, including 17 mariners and four regular citizens, were harmed Sunday morning in a fire on a U.S. Naval force transport at Naval Base San Diego in California, specialists said.
The harmed are being treated for non-perilous wounds at a neighborhood clinic after the fire on board USS Bonhomme Richard, as indicated by the Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet.
"The whole group is off the boat and all are accounted," tweeted the Naval Surface Forces, including that all inport ships have been reached and coordinated to furnish fire gatherings to perhaps help with firefighting endeavors.
Around 160 mariners were on board the boat when the fire was summoned at roughly 8:30 a.m. nearby time, as indicated by the tweets.
Authorities said that nearby, base and shipboard firemen are reacting to the three-caution fire and two military ships close USS Bonhomme Richard have moved billets to a dock further away from the fire.
USS Bonhomme Richard is experiencing an upkeep accessibility and has a team size of around 1,000, the U.S. Naval force said.
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said that it is helping on the fire on board the Navy transport, including the division is working in brought together order with government firemen to put out the blast.
Pictures from the scene showed tufts of smoke ascending over the deck of the boat.
The reason for the fire is as yet hazy. A few people at the scene were cited as saying by nearby media sources that they had heard a blast. The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department tweeted prior toward the beginning of the day, "Blast with at any rate one injury at the USS Bonhomme Richard."
USS Bonhomme Richard is a Wasp-class land and/or water capable ambush transport home-ported in San Diego.
0 Comments