{"id":35513,"date":"2020-07-14T12:39:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T12:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/14\/all-hospitalized-from-bonhomme-richard-fire-have-been-released\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:48:42","slug":"all-hospitalized-from-bonhomme-richard-fire-have-been-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/07\/14\/all-hospitalized-from-bonhomme-richard-fire-have-been-released\/","title":{"rendered":"All hospitalized from Bonhomme Richard fire have been released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the fire aboard the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard<\/a> continues to rage in San Diego, all five personnel who were hospitalized due to injuries suffered while fighting the blaze have been released, according to the Navy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, the Navy said 36 sailors and 23 civilians were treated for \u201cminor injuries\u201d such as heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation in the aftermath of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sailors first reported the fire at about 8:30 a.m. PDT Sunday, and firefighting efforts to extinguish the blaze have continued since then. The Navy said at 11:30 p.m. on Monday crews from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 3 would continue to combat the fire through the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, the top objectives for firefighting efforts are ensuring the fire doesn\u2019t reach the 1 million gallons of fuel on the ship, and preventing the vessel from listing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fire was first reported in a lower cargo area where seafaring tanks and landing craft are parked. It appears to have started in a spot where cardboard boxes, rags and other ship maintenance supplies were being stored, Sobeck said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s plastics that go around cabling, those kind of things, there\u2019s different rags, there\u2019s all the things that are used to kind of maintain the ship, clean the ship \u2026 and so right now we\u2019re testing and we\u2019re checking everything that we know, and we\u2019re within (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) standards,\u201d Sobeck said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The San Diego Air Pollution Control District warned that concentrations of fine particulate matter could reach unhealthful levels in some areas and that people should avoid exercising outdoors and stay indoors if possible to limit exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\t