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Massive fire engulfs Russian nuclear submarine at Arctic shipyard; no leaks or

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By The Associated Press | The Canadian Press – 51 minutes ago

MOSCOW - A massive fire engulfed a Russian nuclear submarine at an Arctic

shipyard Thursday, but there has been no radiation leak, or injuries, officials

said.

The fire at the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine occurred while it was in dock

for repairs at the Roslyakovo shipyard in the Murmansk region, said Irina

Gretskaya, a spokeswoman for the Emergencies Ministry's branch in the area.

Gretskaya said the fire engulfed wooden scaffolding at the yard. " No one has

been hurt and there has been no radiation leak, " she said.

The Yekaterinburg is a Delta-IV-class nuclear-powered submarine that normally

carries 16 nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told The Associated Press that all

weapons had been unloaded from the sub and its reactor had been shutdown to

safety before the repairs.

Konashenkov said the fire had started on the scaffolding and then engulfed the

submarine's outer hull. He insisted that there is no danger of it spreading

inside.