USS Miami: most expensive fire caused by a home appliance

Reports are that the fire in the USS Miami nuclear submarine was caused by a vacuum cleaner and damages are reported at $400-500 million.

Digital Journal reported recently on the fire on the USS Miami nuclear submarine docked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.

Luckily no one died in the fire, although several people were injured fighting it.

A preliminary investigation into the incident has found that a vacuum cleaner was the cause of the fire... read more