Nation IN BRIEF : VIRGINIA : Two Killed in Fire Aboard Navy Ship
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Fire broke out in an engine room aboard a Navy vessel, killing two people and injuring four. The fire broke out in the forward engine room of the destroyer Dahlgren as it conducted operations about 240 miles off the North Carolina coast, said Jim Brantley, a Navy spokesman in Norfolk, Va. Fireman Sean Allen Bible, 23, of Indianapolis and Machinist Mate 3rd Class Christopher James Woodmansee, 22, of Downey, Calif., were killed, Navy officials said. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
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