Video reveals damage from fire on USS Gerald R. Ford after fire control system failed
Exclusive CNN video reveals fire damage on America’s newest aircraft carrier was far worse than the Navy disclosed. The ship’s fire-suppression system failed, leaving sailors to fight the blaze manually.
When a fire burned aboard the world's biggest aircraft carrier in March as it took part in operations against Iran, the US Navy released a short statement saying the blaze had been “contained,” that two sailors had received medical treatment for “non-life-threatening injuries” and that the carrier was “fully operational.” But new video obtained by CNN makes clear the fire was more severe and damaging than the Navy suggested. Bunks where sailors slept were totally destroyed, charred twisted metal beneath a ceiling hollowed out by the inferno. The ship’s fire-suppression system failed to work, leaving the sailors scrambling to put out the blaze. “I seriously thought we were going to lose the ship,” one sailor aboard told CNN.