CABRERA: We're following breaking news out of San Diego where a fire and explosion onboard a Navy warship sent at least 17 sailors and four civilians to local hospitals. This is the USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1998. I want to bring in CNN's Paul Vercammen following the story. And Paul, what more are you learning?</s>PAUL VERCAMMEN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, as you said, they have these 21 people sent to the hospital and the Navy telling us that 160 sailors were aboard the Bonhomme Richard on this a maintenance Sunday. We're also hearing from the Defense Department source telling us they believe that the fire may have started in the well deck. You could describe the Bonhomme Richard as sort of a trojan horse. On the flight deck they can launch helicopters, they can take off from there, but inside the bows of the ship, if you will, by that well deck, are these LCACs, also known as landing craft air cushions. These hovercrafts could be deployed quickly and bring with them tanks and armored personnel carriers. So they're going to look at that part of the ship as a possible source of this fire. As you could see there were numerous harbor boats trying to fight the flames with their hoses. We had a joint effort between federal firefighters as well as San Diego City, national city and other firefighters. Everyone is off that ship now including the injured. They have said that these injuries are not life-threatening, but we don't, frankly, have extreme clarification on the nature of those injuries. So we need to get that. The Navy not able to give us details on that right yet. In any event, Ana, we've heard from the experts that this fire could burn for quite some time.</s>CABRERA: Yes. It's still going. OK. Thank you, Paul Vercammen. Up next, a new report that Roger Stone said he was under enormous pressure to turn on the president and didn't. So was his commutation a reward for keeping quiet? And if so, is that legal? We'll discuss that, next. You're live in the CNN NEWSROOM.
Seventeen Sailors, Four Civilians Taken To Hospitals After Fire Explosion On USS Bonhomme Richard