Nuclear-powered vessel on fire in Russia

A fire broke out on the nuclear-powered freight vessel Sevmorput in Murmansk, which is docked at the Atomflot berth.

Source: TASS, Kremlin-aligned state-owned Russian news agency, with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Murmansk Oblast

Details: According to the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the fire covered an area of 30 square metres.

Later, they reported that the fire on the Sevmorput nuclear-powered freight vessel in Murmansk had been extinguished, with no casualties.

Background: According to Atomflot's website, the Sevmorput is Russia's only icebreaking transport vessel with a nuclear power unit, built at the Butoma Zaliv shipyard in Kerch between 1982 and 1988.

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