Casualties include not just fatalities but also injuries, of which there were over a dozen sailors hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.
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Casualties include not just fatalities but also injuries, of which there were over a dozen sailors hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.
Latest reports say 18-21 sailors treated in a hospital.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
The Island is trashed. Melted. Seahawks are flying over dumping water regularly. At this point it looks like they are focusing on keeping her hull intact more than salvage.the water is mostly to keep the hull cool. The fire is described as a class A. That means paper, fabric and non toxic materials. This doesn’t make it any better though. Remember on 9/11 that was primarily a class A fire to. The heat was enough to weaken steel structures.
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Do they know what was the source of the fire?
Equation
Lieutenant General
After the fire is put out do you think the ship can be repairable or the Navy have to scrap it altogether and build a new one?
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Early reports were from the Section used to Store Marine equipment. Though no confirmation yet. To early.
It’s been over 20 hours now the bridge collapsed. And fire was last I heard still being battled they pulled in crew members from other ships. My bet is she’s a write off.
Even if they saved the Hull she’s been gutted.
Fires like this happen and are more dangerous in refit than at sea. Had this happened on deployment it would have just been a short event. But like the Kuznetsov last year or the Type 75 a few months back. When these ships go into refit welding is common, fire alarms are often disabled and compartments opened.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
That was yesterday.
About 30 hours in.
400 Salors are fighting the Fire.
The Area where the fire started the Lower Vehicle storage was filled with combustible materials, boxes, Dry wall, rags and the like. No welding was happening there but clearly something did.
The Navy doesn’t intend to let it but to the waterline as there is fuel aboard. About a million gallons of Aviation fuel. No reports of the fire in the engineering spaces. Seems isolated to the upper decks.
The fire is producing a thousand degrees of F Heat which destroyed the superstructure.
Debris in spaces has hampered fighting. The Automated Halon fire suppression system was disabled as part of the refit when this started.
Only 5 Salors still in the hospital the rest released.
About 30 hours in.
400 Salors are fighting the Fire.
The Area where the fire started the Lower Vehicle storage was filled with combustible materials, boxes, Dry wall, rags and the like. No welding was happening there but clearly something did.
The Navy doesn’t intend to let it but to the waterline as there is fuel aboard. About a million gallons of Aviation fuel. No reports of the fire in the engineering spaces. Seems isolated to the upper decks.
The fire is producing a thousand degrees of F Heat which destroyed the superstructure.
Debris in spaces has hampered fighting. The Automated Halon fire suppression system was disabled as part of the refit when this started.
Only 5 Salors still in the hospital the rest released.
I think smoke inhalation was probably the cause of hospitalization. Burns take longer to treat.