Russian Nuclear Sub Submerged To Contain Fire

Fire Burns Docked Russian Nuclear Submarine -- CNN

(CNN) -- Scores of emergency personnel on Thursday helped battle a fire that burned a docked Russian nuclear submarine, state media reported.

Wooden scaffolding caught fire Thursday afternoon at a repair dock in Roslyakovo, which is in the Murmansk region in northwest Russia along the Barents Sea, the official Itar-Tass and RIA-Novosti news agencies reported. The flames spread to hull of the nuclear submarine Yekaterinburg, where work had been underway.

About 100 emergency personnel responded, using 40 pieces of firefighting and other equipment to spray foam and water to douse the blaze, the regional emergency ministry said according to Itar-Tass.

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