CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A blaze on the retired aircraft carrier USS Lexington burned hot enough to warp parts of the ship's steel floors, firefighters said.
The historic ship, now a floating museum, was to be closed Tuesday while damage was assessed.
"I can only tell you this is my worst nightmare," Sandi McNorton, marketing director of the Lexington Museum on the Bay, told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in Tuesday's editions.
A maintenance worker spray painting the navigation room on the superstructure's fifth floor Monday created a spark that started the fire, said Assistant Fire Chief Eloy Ceballos.
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The man was not seriously injured. No visitors were on board.