By IANS,
Moscow : A Russian nuclear submarine caught fire at a shipyard in the country’s northern city of Murmansk Thursday, Xinhua reported.
The authorities said fire safety violations during the K-84 Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine’s routine maintenance works were the most likely cause of the fire.
They said there was no threat of nuclear pollution.
Spokesman of the Russian Northern Fleet Rank Vadim Serga said the wooden scaffolding around the submarine first caught fire, which spread to the submarine’s light outer hull.
“There is no possibility of fire burning through the hull and no threat to on-board equipment,” Serga said.
The K-84 Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine is one of Russia’s seven Delta-IV class submarines in service, which are deployed in the Northern Fleet.