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

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

[-] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

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