Nation : Fire Disables Navy Oiler; 9 Hurt
Nine sailors were injured by smoke inhalation and one also suffered burns in a fire aboard the oiler Monongahela in the eastern Atlantic today, the Navy reported.
The fire, which broke out in one of the ship’s two boilers, was extinguished, but the vessel is “dead in the water,” said Navy spokesman Lt. Bruce Cole. The ship was reported 500 miles west of Gibraltar.
The incident was another in a string of mishaps that have afflicted Navy ships during the past week, including the accidental bombing of a warship and the loss of sailors swept off aircraft carriers.
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