Fire On Nuclear Submarine In Russia’s Far East Extinguished -- RIA Novosti
VLADIVOSTOK, September 16 (RIA Novosti) – A fire that broke out Monday morning on the K-150 Tomsk nuclear-powered submarine, which was undergoing maintenance operations at a dock in Russia’s far eastern Primorye Territory, has been extinguished.
No one was injured in the fire, and ten fire brigades are continuing to tend to the area where the fire broke out to avoid re-ignition, the United Shipbuilding Corporation said in a press release.
A spokesman for the Zvezda plant, where the submarine was undergoing maintenance operations, told RIA Novosti that several firefighters suffered slight carbon monoxide poisoning, but received first aid and allowed to go home.
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