Original upload date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:52:07 GMT
(14 Jul 2020) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus139707
Hundreds of sailors are fighting to save a burning Navy warship docked in San Diego.
The USS Bonhomme Richard caught fire on Sunday an
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d has sent acrid smoke over downtown.
Some 400 sailors, aided by outside fire agencies and Navy helicopters, are pouring water on the flames. Officials say fire temperatures have reached 1,000 degrees.
The blaze is burning two decks above the ship's fuel supply: a million gallons of oil that could spill if there's a rupture.
The U.S. Coast Guard has hired a clean-up crew to put a containment boom in place if there's a spill.
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