Fire in a nuclear submarine in a Russian shipyard

In Russia, a fire broke out on Tuesday in a nuclear-powered submarine.

The building is located in a shipyard in Severodvinsk in the Arkhangelsk region on the shores of the Barents Sea.

The authorities claim that no one was injured, the workers have had time to leave.

The submarine is of type 949 Anteï. It was in dry dock for review began in November 2013.

"No weapons were on board", say the leaders of the shipyard which specify that the nuclear fuel was also discharged and the reactor shut down.

The fire could have been caused by welding.

According to Russian media, the submarine in question was in service since 1992.

This is not the first time that such an incident occurs on a Russian nuclear submarine.

In September 2013, the fire started on a building being repaired.