The U.S. navy charged a sailor Thursday with starting a fire last year that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, Calif., marking the maritime branch's worst warship blaze outside of combat in recent memory. The sailor was charged with aggravated arson and the willful hazarding of a vessel, Robertson said. The fire is seen from a nearby golf course, in San Diego, on July 12, 2020. But winds coming off the San Diego Bay whipped up the flames and the flames spread up the elevator shafts and exhaust stacks. The fire sent acrid smoke billowing over San Diego, and officials had recommended people avoid exercising outdoors.

Source: CBC News July 29, 2021 22:58 UTC