Fire hits US warship off naval facility in Okinawa

[Starmix]

According to the report, a fire broke out on a US military vessel off the US Navy's White Beach facility in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Wednesday. According to local coast guards, the fire hit the 210-meter-long amphibious warship USS New Orleans.

The report added that there were no reports of oil spills or injuries. At around 5 p.m., the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Naha, the capital of Okinawa, was informed of the fire by the US military's Camp Zukeran, also in the prefecture, and was asked to help extinguish the fire.

Source: PNA

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[magnus2022]

It may be due to technical faults! Throughout this year, a lot of accidents and unexpected misfortunes have affected United State's properties include aircrafts, ships, flooding, tsunami etc.

 

[Starmix]

There are a lot of fire occurrences anywhere in the world. There is no second when a fire breaks. Hoping the naval ship was saved. That could be crucial if it wasn't monitored on time. It's not known what the cause of fire ablazed.