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Investigation into 11-hour fire published
A U.S. Navy command investigation into an 11-hour fire aboard the USS 'New Orleans (LPD 18)' off Okinawa revealed that initial confusion, response delays, and hazardous storage practices significantly exacerbated the incident, which caused an estimated $12 million in damage. On Aug 20, 2025, at around 4 p.m., thd fire broke out while the ship was anchored at the White Beach Naval Facility on Okinawa. The fire was extinguished by 4 a.m. on Aug21. The blaze began inside a forward special clothing storeroom, where roughly 100 boxes of toilet paper stacked to the overhead obstructed the automated sprinkler heads and served as heavy combustible kindling alongside unauthorised hazardous materials, including aerosol cans. Although an automated alarm indicated the fire's general location, response teams experienced delays in pinpointing the compartment, lacked the proper forcible entry tools required to breach the locked space quickly, and failed to establish effective smoke and fire boundaries early in the response. The firefighting efforts were further complicated by operational miscues and system mismanagement, including the premature discharge of an adjacent flammable liquid storeroom's suppression system that forced initial responders to retreat. Instead of effectively managing the ship's ventilation systems, crews applied excessive amounts of water, generating dense steam, reducing visibility, and causing localised flooding that hampered navigation through the compartment. While the fire fighting effort, assisted by the crew of the USS 'San Diego' and Japanese maritime emergency units, successfully brought the blaze under control with only minor injuries and no loss of structural integrity, the report recommended administrative action against the ship's leadership and prompted fleet-wide updates to damage control training, inspection standards, and storeroom fire safety compliance.
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