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"A man is being charged in connection with a fire at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard that caused at least $400 million in damage to a nuclear submarine, court officials said.Federal court officials in Portland said Monday that a criminal complaint accuses Casey James Fury, 24, of willfully and maliciously setting fire to and burning a vessel and maliciously burning building materials and supplies located in and around a vessel.The nuclear submarine the USS Miami was damaged on May 23 when the fire broke out. Seven people, including five firefighters and two crew members, were injured in the nearly 12-hour battle to extinguish the fire.According to an affidavit filed by a Naval Criminal Investigative Service special agent, Fury was a civilian employee of the shipyard working as on the submarine as a painter and sandblaster. The affidavit said Fury was working on the submarine at the time of the fire and in the dry dock beneath the sub at the time of a small fire in the dry dock area on June 16.The agent said Fury first denied any involvement in the fires, but when he was interviewed on July 18, he admitted that he set the June 16 fire. He said he had become nervous and anxious over a text conversation with his ex-girlfriend, and he lit some alcohol wipes on fire, according to the affidavit.Fury continued to deny any involvement in the first fire and consented to a polygraph test. According to the affidavit, Fury appeared to be lying about the fire during the test, and he then admitted that he caused the May 23 fire.Fury told investigators that when he was working in the torpedo room of the submarine that day, he became anxious and grabbed his cigarettes and a lighter and left the room. He went into a state room and lit some rags on fire, according to the affidavit.The agent said in the affidavit that Fury said he went back to work in the torpedo room, and a co-worker noticed the smoke and raised the alarm.Fury told investigators that his memory was impaired because of his anxiety and medication he was taking, including Celexa for anxiety and depression, Klonopin for anxiety, Ambien for sleep and Zyrtec for allergies.According to the affidavit, Fury said he set the May 23 fire to get out of work.\"It's a national security issue. When you do that kind of damage on a nuclear submarine, you damage our national security,\" said President of the Metal Trades Council Paul O'Connor.Fury appeared in federal court in Portland on Monday on two charges of arson.\u00A0He remains police custody and if convicted could face life imprisonment. He's due back in court next week."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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