{"id":104398,"date":"2026-03-17T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=104398"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:47:19","slug":"uss-gerald-r-ford-fire-takes-30-hours-to-control-hundreds-of-sailors-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/uss-gerald-r-ford-fire-takes-30-hours-to-control-hundreds-of-sailors-affected\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Gerald R Ford fire takes 30 hours to control, hundreds of sailors affected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"636\"><strong data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"504\">USS Gerald R Ford fire<\/strong> created serious problems for crew members after a blaze broke out on the US aircraft carrier during its mission in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"829\">According to a report by <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The New York Times<\/span><\/span>, the fire started last week inside the ship\u2019s laundry area. It took more than 30 hours for the crew to fully control the flames.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"976\">The USS Gerald R Ford fire forced over 600 sailors to leave their sleeping areas. Many are now resting on floors and tables due to lack of space.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"1096\">Officials said several crew members suffered smoke inhalation. Two sailors also received treatment for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1231\">The fire has also affected daily life onboard. Since the blaze damaged the laundry section, sailors are unable to wash their clothes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1233\" data-end=\"1432\">The aircraft carrier, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">USS Gerald R. Ford<\/span><\/span>, is carrying around 4,500 personnel including pilots. It was earlier moved from the Mediterranean region as part of US military operations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1434\" data-end=\"1546\">The ship later joined missions in the Middle East amid tensions linked to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Iran<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1548\" data-end=\"1709\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/iran-targets-us-banks-in-gulf-countries-after-attacks-on-iranian-banks\/\">US Central Command<\/a> said the USS Gerald R Ford fire did not damage the ship\u2019s main systems. The carrier remains fully operational and continues flight activities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1711\" data-end=\"1839\">However, crew members reported other issues. Plumbing systems onboard are facing frequent breakdowns during the long deployment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1841\" data-end=\"2020\">Military experts say long missions put heavy pressure on both ships and sailors. The crew is now close to completing 10 months at sea, which could soon become a record deployment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2022\" data-end=\"2142\">Despite the challenges caused by the USS Gerald R Ford fire, the carrier is still conducting round-the-clock operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USS Gerald R Ford fire created serious problems for crew members after a blaze broke out on the US aircraft carrier during its mission in the Middle East. According to a report by The New York Times, the fire started last week inside the ship\u2019s laundry area. It took more than 30 hours for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":104401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[38078,38076,36742,38074,38077,38075,38073],"class_list":["post-104398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-aircraft-carrier-incident","tag-iran-war-updates","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-us-aircraft-carrier-fire","tag-us-military-deployment","tag-us-navy-news","tag-uss-gerald-r-ford-fire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104402,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104398\/revisions\/104402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}