SAN DIEGO (AP) - Eleven people suffered minor injuries in after an explosion and fire Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego, military officials said.The blaze was reported shortly before 9 a.m.
on USS Bonhomme Richard, said Krishna Jackson, the base’s public information officer.Eleven people were treated for “non-life threatening injuries,” Jackson said.
She didn’t have additional details.The cause of the fire was under investigation. Jackson didn’t know where on the 840-foot (255-meter) amphibious assault vessel the blast and the fire occurred.The flames sent up a huge plume of dark smoke visible around San Diego.AdvertisementSan Diego is the Bonhomme Richard’s home port and it was undergoing routine maintenance at the time of the.