India, May 1 -- Amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, a fire on a US Navy destroyer in the Indo-Pacific region has sparked a lot of buzz. CBS News reports, citing US officials in Washington, that USS-Higgins, a guided missile destroyer, caught fire earlier this week, which resulted in significant damage to the ship.

The USS Higgins was part of the US Navy's Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) and was stationed in the Asian waters. However, the exact location where the USS Higgins caught fire. An official cause of the fire was not disclosed by the anonymous US officials. The US Army has not officially released details regarding the incident.

However, amid the Iran war, the fire has sparked speculations about a possible attack on the...