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May 23, 2012 7:45 PM
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=bilde.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/bilde.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>KITTERY, Maine — A fire on a $900 million nuclear submarine caused injuries to six people and was still
burning early this morning. The fire burned for 10 hours last night aboard the nuclear-powered Los Angeles class attack submarine USS Miami
while she was in drydock at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kitterey, Me.
All we know now is that four to six people were hurt fighting the fire and that the blaze was contained to her forward spaces while the aft engineering
spaces were sealed off and unaffected by the fire.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=USSMiami.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/USSMiami.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
The cause of the fire in the nuclear-powered USS Miami attack submarine remained unknown as of an 11:30 p.m. news conference, said
Capt. Bryant Fuller, commander of the shipyard.
Shipyard firefighters were first called to the dry docks at 5:41 p.m. Fire departments from tiny towns around the base responded but eventually,
a foam truck from Boston’s Logan Airport — more than an hour away — had to be called in to extinguish the blaze. The fire started in the forward
compartment, which Fuller said consists of primarily living quarters and command and control spaces. All nonessential personnel were ordered to
evacuate, officials said.
Fuller said that the ship’s reactor was not operating at the time of the fire and remained in a safe and stable condition throughout the event. There
were no weapons aboard, he said.
See related video:- http://youtu.be/1RNPmxmlUKg
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=bilde.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/bilde.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>KITTERY, Maine — A fire on a $900 million nuclear submarine caused injuries to six people and was still
burning early this morning. The fire burned for 10 hours last night aboard the nuclear-powered Los Angeles class attack submarine USS Miami
while she was in drydock at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kitterey, Me.
All we know now is that four to six people were hurt fighting the fire and that the blaze was contained to her forward spaces while the aft engineering
spaces were sealed off and unaffected by the fire.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=USSMiami.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/USSMiami.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
The cause of the fire in the nuclear-powered USS Miami attack submarine remained unknown as of an 11:30 p.m. news conference, said
Capt. Bryant Fuller, commander of the shipyard.
Shipyard firefighters were first called to the dry docks at 5:41 p.m. Fire departments from tiny towns around the base responded but eventually,
a foam truck from Boston’s Logan Airport — more than an hour away — had to be called in to extinguish the blaze. The fire started in the forward
compartment, which Fuller said consists of primarily living quarters and command and control spaces. All nonessential personnel were ordered to
evacuate, officials said.
Fuller said that the ship’s reactor was not operating at the time of the fire and remained in a safe and stable condition throughout the event. There
were no weapons aboard, he said.
See related video:- http://youtu.be/1RNPmxmlUKg
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