There have been no casualties within the incident (Representational)
Moscow:
A fireplace that broke out on Russia’s solely nuclear-powered icebreaker and cargo ship was promptly extinguished, the Murmansk department of the emergency ministry mentioned late on Sunday.
“There have been no casualties within the incident,” the ministry mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
The Murmansk area, in Russia’s northwest, shares borders with Finland and Norway, in addition to with the Barents and White seas.
Earlier, the ministry mentioned that the fireplace broke out in one of many cabins of the Sevmporput ship in an space of about 30 sq. meters (323 sq. toes).
The ship, which entered service in 1988 and went by means of an in depth improve a decade in the past, is Russia’s solely nuclear-powered icebreaking transport ship, in line with the Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom.
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