NYT reports that one of the US aircraft carriers has to withdraw to port due to a laundry room fire. About 600 sailors lost access to their bunks.

The fire, according to two officials, began in the vent of a dryer in the ship’s laundry facilities and quickly spread. Sailors battled the blaze for more than 30 hours, officials and sailors said.

The Navy did not respond to a request for comment. Central Command said in its statement that the fire caused “no damage to the ship’s propulsion plant, and the aircraft carrier remains fully operational.”

  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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    10 hours ago

    I said that’s where it started, there’s a lot of flammable shit in a laundry. Also, this was likely a commercial dryer, so much bigger than what you have at home.