A third sailor is in stable condition after being injured in a noncombat-related fire last week in the USS Gerald R. Ford’s main laundry spaces, according to the Navy. The unidentified sailor has been flown off the aircraft carrier to receive medical treatment. (Nathan Sears/U.S. Navy)
A third sailor injured in a fire last week aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford was flown off the aircraft carrier to receive medical treatment, according to the Navy.
Ford is operating in the Red Sea in support of Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing joint American and Israeli military campaign against Iran.
The unidentified sailor reported to shipboard medical staff after the service’s statement Thursday about the fire and two other injured sailors, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Joseph Hontz said Saturday.
That sailor is in stable condition, Hontz said. The two others finished medical treatment and were released for duty, he said, adding that an investigation into the fire is ongoing.
The blaze started in Ford’s main laundry areas Thursday and subsequently was fully contained. It was unrelated to combat, the Navy said.
The carrier’s propulsion plant was not damaged and the ship remained fully operational, the Navy said in a statement the same day.
Ford has been in the Red Sea since transiting the Suez Canal on March 5.
