Arrest made in $400 million USS Miami blaze | SeacoastOnline.com
Arrest made in $400 million USS Miami blaze
By
Charles McMahon
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July 23, 2012 9:22 AM
PORTLAND, Maine — A civilian employee of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has been arrested in connection with the May 23 blaze that caused $400 million in damage aboard the submarine USS Miami.
Casey James Fury, 24 of Portsmouth, was a civilian employee working aboard the submarine as a painter and sandblaster, according to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Maine. Fury is a 2006 graduate of Portsmouth High School.
Court documents show Fury has admitted to causing not only the submarine fire, but another small fire on dry dock #2 on June 16.
Fury admitted to federal agents that he lit rags on fire with a lighter to start the first fire, and then lit alcohol wipes on fire in the second fire, according to court records.
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