Government Incompetence: Vacuum cleaner causes fire that results in $400 million repair bill for U.S. taxpayers!

It turns out that a “massive” fire on a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine, on May 24,  was caused by a vacuum cleaner!  It burned for several hours and sent several personnel to the hospital. The sub was docked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in the U.S. state of Maine.

Now comes the news that the fire was caused by a vacuum cleaner “…stored in an unoccupied space…”, and that the “…initial rough repair cost…” will be $400 million plus 10%!!!

And guess who pays for the U.S. Navy’s mistakes?  The U.S. taxpayer!

At least the Russian’s claimed their recent submarine fire was an act of sabotage by U.S. agents.