More than a dozen sailors were transported to the hospital following an explosion on a Navy ship in San Diego on Sunday, officials said.A fire broke out aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard sometime around 9 a.m. local time, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD), which assisted in battling the fire along with base and shipboard firefighting teams. The blaze escalated to a third-alarm fire, the department said.Smoke rises from a fire on board the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego, July 12, 2020.Smoke rises from a fire on board the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego, July 12, 2020. Monica Munoz/Sd Fire-rescue via Reuters
Eighteen sailors were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the Naval Surface Forces said. There were 160 sailors aboard at the time, and the entire crew is off the ship and accounted for, it said. All SDFD responders have also been accounted for, officials said.Lt. Cmdr. Patricia Kreuzberger, media operations officer at the Naval Surface Forces, confirmed the coordinated response to ABC News Sunday afternoon."Local, base, and shipboard firefighting teams are responding to a fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) located on Naval Base San Diego. More information to follow," she said.Authorities have not yet released the cause of the explosion.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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