Fire department quickly rushes to the scene to daze the blaze.
A fire incident took place on a U.S Navy ship at San Diego in California injuring 21 people, included 17 sailors and 4 civilians, officials confirmed. According to Naval Surface Forces, US Pacific Fleet, Xinhua news agency reported that the injured were rushed to a local hospital for treatment after the fire onboard USS Bonhomme Richard.
”The entire crew was deboarded from the ship and everybody is being taken care of,” tweeted the Naval Surface Forces, further adding, ”everyone in port ships has been informed and ordered to arrange fire parties in order to provide help in firefighting efforts.”
Video of the USS Bonhomme Richard shot from SDFD copter 3. #shipfire pic.twitter.com/tYluuN5pii
— SDFD (@SDFD) July 12, 2020
According to tweets, there were around 160 sailors boarding the ship when it caught fire at approximately 8.30 a.m. The authorities stated, the base and shipboard firefighters are dealing with a three-fire alarm at USS Bonhomme Richard, two military ships have shifted berths to a pier which is far away from the fire location.
As per U.S Navy reports, USS Bonhomme was undergoing a maintenance process and has a crew of around 1000. The San Diego Fire-service department said that it is providing every possible assistance onboard the Navy ship adding the department is jointly operating with federal firefighters to control the fire. There were visuals that showed clearly smoke rising out from the ship deck.
Explosion with at least one injury at the USS Bonhomme Richard. #shipfire pic.twitter.com/HooWIRcjU4
— SDFD (@SDFD) July 12, 2020
As of now the cause of the fire is still unknown. Some people at the scene were stating that they heard a loud explosion. Earlier there was a tweet by Fire-Rescue Department early morning which mentioned, “Explosion with at least one injury at USS Bonhomme Richard.”
USS Bonhomme Richard is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, and therefore the third ship of the United States Navy to bear the name. She was named in honor of John Paul Jones’ famous frigate, which he had named in French “Good Man Richard”, in honor of Benjamin Franklin, the U.S. Ambassador to France at the time; “Richard” is derived from Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac.
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SDFD personnel were instructed to exit the pier. #shipfire pic.twitter.com/vxLFBXHmrs
— SDFD (@SDFD) July 12, 2020
In the process of accounting for all firefighters and clearing the area. #shipfire pic.twitter.com/ldjvu5WzgB
— SDFD (@SDFD) July 12, 2020
