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Two killed in Russian sub blaze Two killed in Russian sub blaze
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A fire has broken out on board a Russian nuclear submarine, killing two, the Russian defence ministry has said. Two Russian sailors have died in a fire on board a nuclear submarine.
An unnamed Northern Fleet spokesman was quoted as saying there was no threat of a radiation leak. The blaze is reported to have been extinguished, and sources say there is no danger of a radiation leak.
The ship's nuclear reactor was shut down and the vessel was being towed to a submarine base in the Barents Sea. The submarine's nuclear reactor was shut down and the vessel was being towed across the Barents Sea to a base in Vidyayevo, reports said.
The Northern Fleet has been dogged by a number of accidents. In 2000, the Kursk submarine sank in the Barents Sea killing all 118 people on board. The Russian submarine fleet has been dogged by accidents. In 2000, the Kursk submarine sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 people on board.
Last year the crew of a Russian mini-submarine stranded on the bed of the Pacific had to be rescued by the British navy.Last year the crew of a Russian mini-submarine stranded on the bed of the Pacific had to be rescued by the British navy.
The submarine, the Daniil Moskovsky, was anchored off the Rybachiy peninsula just off the border with Finland, when the fire broke out. The Russian authorities have sometimes delayed disclosing the full extent of what has happened, says the BBC's James Rodgers in Moscow.
"The electric equipment of the submarine, which was in the Barents Sea, caught fire in the early hours of today," a source in the Russian Defence Ministry said. Protection device 'activated'
"There is no threat of nuclear contamination," Interfax quoted an unnamed Fleet spokesman as saying. The submarine, the Daniil Moskovsky (St Daniel of Moscow), was anchored off the Rybachiy peninsula, on Russia's north coast near the border with Finland, when the fire broke out.
Russian naval sources are quoted as saying that the device protecting the submarine's nuclear reactor was activated, and that there is no danger of a radiation leak.
"The electric equipment of the submarine, which was in the Barents Sea, caught fire in the early hours of today," a source in the Russian defence ministry said.
Interfax quoted an unnamed Northern Fleet spokesman as saying there was "no threat of nuclear contamination".
A warrant officer and a sailor were killed, the agency said.A warrant officer and a sailor were killed, the agency said.
An investigation into the incident is to be carried out.