Fire on USS Higgins knocks out power; no injuries reported
A major fire aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins knocked out electricity and propulsion, with no U.S. service members injured as of Wednesday. The cause and exact location within INDOPACOM were not disclosed, and repair timelines remain unclear. Higgins is forward-deployed in Yokosuka, Japan, as part of the 7th Fleet under INDOPACOM, and had been in Singapore as of February; this incident follows other recent Navy ship fires, though further details are not yet available.