burning submarine in Vilyuchinsk extinguished, victims and environmental threat not – RIA Novosti

14:11 29.04.2016

(updated: 16:02 29.04.2016 )

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MOSCOW, April 29 -. RIA Novosti The fire on the nuclear submarine “Krasnoyarsk” in Vilyuchinsk “Northeast repair center” liquidated, told RIA Novosti Deputy Director General of the enterprise for the production of Arkady Korotin

“Now there is a planned space spilling. There were no casualties, no victims, damage to property is not “- Korotin said

According to the RIA Novosti source in the military-industrial complex, the fire started around 8.00 am MSK, but the first reports of fire submarine in one of the docks. Vilyuchinsk arrived only at 10.30. Photo with shots of smoke were published in social networks and the media in the pictures could be seen from the bow knocks gray smoke.

a source familiar with the situation, told RIA Novosti that the fire started on the submarine, which was taken out of service Navy and held in Vilyuchinsk recycling. According to him, the cause of the incident was ignited internal covering of the submarine in an area of ​​30 square meters.

Shortly after the fire, the Defense Ministry confirmed the fact of the fire, saying, that the incident occurred on the submarine “Krasnoyarsk” project 949 “Antey”, which was built in 1983 and is derived from the Navy in 1998.

according to preliminary reports, the fire started in the course of works on cutting submarine hull. The Russian Defense Ministry emphasized that before going to the factory with the boats were dismantled all weapons systems and nuclear installations and, therefore, a threat to the environment and the region’s population is excluded.

The representative of the “North-East Repair Center”, where when disposing of “Krasnoyarsk”, after a half hour after the first of the state of emergency messages said that the submarine fire is localized, and said that the source of fire was inside the case, making it difficult to extinguish.

“These fires sometimes occur for disposal. it was in the bow, in a remote place. extinguished, filled with water, all localized threats no no. The armament was unloaded from the submarines for a long time, and nuclear fuel before, so it’s just a hull of the submarine, which is already cut by 40%, is scheduled disposal according to the schedule “, – said the head of production and dispatch control” of the North-East repair center “Andrei Malovik

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