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NZ Navy ship runs aground off Samoa, catches fire and sinks (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Deceptichum@quokk.au to c/world@quokk.au

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"They're all on land. They are safe and sound apart from just a few individuals that… have some minor injuries, and so we treated them at the site and transferred to them to the hospital."

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[–] bobgray123987@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I understand the grounding...But what caused the fire?

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wasn't made safe, fuel on board, hot things falling onto burnny things. Arching, things breaking, wrapped sparky things becoming unwrapped.

Looks like its coming from superstructure, so could be engine room fire venting out.