A fire that broke out aboard the US aircraft carrier Gerald R Ford while it was operating in the Middle East as part of the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran has left more than 600 service members without beds, according to a report on Monday by the New York Times.
The blaze broke out in the laundry room of the carrier last week, and military officials said it took crew members more than 30 hours to extinguish it.
Dozens of service members were reported to have suffered smoke inhalation and two were treated for "non-life threatening" injuries.
The crew members who lost their beds are now said to be bunking on floors and tables, and since the fire originated in the main laundry area, sailors have no access to wash their clothes.
Altogether, the crew is entering its 10th month of deployment, and if the carrier remains at sea by mid-April, it will break the record for the longest post-Vietnam War carrier deployment. Being that the crew said they have been told that their deployment will likely extend into May, they will likely surpass the record 294 days at sea set by the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln in 2020.
TRT World - US aircraft carrier fire leaves over 600 sailors without beds amid the Iran war
A blaze on USS Gerald R Ford took more than 30 hours to put out, with dozens of service members suffering smoke inhalation, the New York Times reports.
Maybe, US will exit this war before May.