Nine people were injured in fighting the fire, which broke out onboard the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine on Thursday at the shipyard in a planned repairs in the Murmansk Region. Two emergency workers and seven servicemen were hospitalized with carbon dioxide poisoning, a source in the regional law enforcement agencies told Itar-Tass by phone. “There is no threat for an explosion or radiation contamination. The rescue operation continues,” the source said. The fire onboard the nuclear submarine was localized at 01:40 Moscow time, a source in the Ministry of Emergency Situations told Itar-Tass earlier. The radiation level is normal at the fire site onboard the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine, a source in the information department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said. “The radiation monitoring is made by 59 permanent detectors and 25 portable control posts. According to their indicators, the radiation level is normal,” the source said.
