The burned submarine Tomsk, powered by 2 nuclear reactors, burst into flames az the shipyard of Zvezda in Bolshoi Kamen, nearly 45 nautical miles from Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan.
For less than 2 years this is the second fire onboard a Russian submarine.
“Radioactive contamination is out of risk,” according to information from an unidentified official in Pacific Fleet of Russia.
Fire onboard the nuclear-powered submarine Tomsk was extinguished by team of firefighters, who continued dousing the zone to avoid potential flaring up again.
According to the initial reports there were no weapons onboard the Tomsk submarine at the time of the accident, although she is usually carrying up to 24 guided missiles onboard. Furthermore, both nuclear reactors were shut off and they are now in "safe condition."
Going back to the previous similar accident, the fire into the shipyard in northwestern Russia, onboard the nuclear-powered Yekaterinburg in 2011, there weren't any nuclear missiles according to the officials' statement, but later was revelealed that was untrue.
On the place of the accident where burned the submarine Tomsk were dispatched 2 firefighting ships and a vessel to monitor the radiation levels around the area.
"The accident onboard the Tomsk submarine occurred in a ballast area, while welders were repairing some board equipments after an acetylene torch was used to cut through a grate, setting a rubber seal, cables and paint on fire," RIA cited an unnamed official at the shipyard as saying.In addition, the unnamed shipyard official told that the cistern was outside the sealed core of the burned submarine Tomsk where the nucleared reactors are situated.