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Russia submerges nuclear submarine to douse blaze

By REUTERS

DECEMBER 30, 2011 01:31

MURMANSK, Russia - Russia said it had won the battle with a raging blaze aboard a nuclear submarine on Friday by submerging the stricken vessel at a navy shipyard after hours of dousing the flames with water from helicopters and tug boats.

There was no radiation leak, authorities said.

Television pictures showed a giant plume of smoke above the yard in the Murmansk region of northern Russia as over 100 firemen struggled to douse flames which witnesses said rose 10 meters (30 feet) above the Yekaterinburg submarine.

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