Crews make progress against still burning fire on USS Bonhomme Richard
by: City News Service, FOX 5 Digital Team
Posted: Jul 15, 2020 / 07:55 AM PDT / Updated: Jul 16, 2020 / 07:32 AM PDT
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Teams of military and civilian firefighters labored for a fourth day Wednesday to subdue a stubborn blaze that has raged aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego since last weekend.
Though the fire — so widespread and hot that, for a time, was too dangerous to battle from aboard the warship — has caused extensive destruction to the 41,000-ton vessel, the damage apparently is not irreparable, according to the Navy.
As of Wednesday morning, flight personnel had conducted more than 1,500 helicopter water drops on the ship, a process that was “cooling the superstructure and flight deck, enabling fire crews to get onboard internally to fight the fire,†Navy officials said.
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