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U.S. Naval Air Forces said in a statement it had fired commanding officer David C. Dykhoff and another officer over the incident and installed Captain J.R. Haley as the ship's new commander.
A U.S. investigation determined that the likely cause of the fire, which blazed for 12 hours and seriously injured one sailor, was unauthorized smoking that ignited oil stored inappropriately, the statement said.