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| Fire on Canadian frigate sends crew to hospital |
| 2005-06-07 |
| Medical staff checked 16 crew members from HMCS Toronto for smoke inhalation Tuesday morning after a fire broke out the previous evening on the frigate as it sat docked in Halifax. Five other sailors were taken to hospital Monday night after breathing in smoke but were released Tuesday morning, a navy spokesman said. Cmdr. Chris Henderson said the military takes a cautious approach with smoke inhalation injuries following two other fires aboard vessels over the past year, including the fatal blaze on the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi which led to the death of one officer. The fire aboard HMCS Toronto started in the forward auxiliary machinery room at 7:10 p.m. local time. Crew, personnel from three other ships and a fire tug all joined in to battle the blaze, which took 45 minutes to put out. The cause of the fire is being investigated. It is not yet known the extent of the damage. HMCS Toronto was built in Saint John, N.B., and commissioned by the navy in 1993. The 134-metre warship has taken part in a number of operations, including enforcing embargoes of the former Yugoslavia and Iraq. |
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