A major fire aboard a docked Russian nuclear submarine that injured seven crew members with toxic fumes and left others stuck inside the vessel appeared to be brought under control today.
The blaze had caused no radiation leaks, officials said.
The fire began at an Arctic shipyard where the submarine Yekaterinburg was in dry-dock.
Russian state television showed the rubber-coated hull of the submarine still smouldering today, with firefighters gathering around it and some standing on top to douse it with water.
An unspecified number of crew have remained inside the submarine, the Defence Ministry said.
A spokesman insisted there was no danger of fire spreading inside the sub and said the crew has reported that the conditions on board have remained normal.
It was unclear whether the crew were trapped there or ordered to stay inside.
The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority said it has received information from both authorities in Russia that there was no radioactive leak.
However, the governor in Finnmark, Norway's north-eastern province that borders Russia's Murmansk Oblast, said he was disappointed with ...
↧