Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
Fire aboard Navy destroyer USS Higgins, officials say
A major fire broke out earlier this week on the USS Higgins, a guided-missile destroyer and a mainstay of the Navy's forward presence in Asia, according to U.S. officials.
The fire knocked out electricity and propulsion on the destroyer.
Details of how the fire started and the exact location of the Higgins were not readily available.
Earlier this month, a small fire broke out on the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, injuring eight U.S. Navy sailors, the U.S. Naval Institute reported. Separately, a fire broke out in the laundry spaces aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, injuring two sailors.
The Ford and its accompanying strike group are expected to leave the Middle East in the coming days, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday. The Ford was one of three carriers operating in the region.
