SAN DIEGO — Sailors are inching their way through the bowels of a U.S. Navy warship in Southern California to douse every smoldering hot spot from a fire that has burned for days aboard the docked vessel. Four days after the initial spark, the blaze aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard was 85% contained on Wednesday and the threat that the blaze would reach fuel tanks holding some million gallons of oil had receded. But hundreds of firefighting sailors moved deeper into the vessel to extinguish any remaining pockets of fire in two areas at the bow and stern, Navy officials said. Helicopters have dumped 1,500 buckets of water on the ship, which is docked in San Diego harbor, cooling the superstructure and flight deck.

Source: International New York Times July 16, 2020 04:52 UTC