Fire on nuclear icebreaker
09/04/2007 22:45  - (SA)  

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Icebreakers polluting Antarctic

Moscow - A Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker was on Monday damaged by fire in the Kara sea, the Russian ministry for emergency situations said.

Nobody was hurt and the fire did not reach the ship's nuclear reactor, it said.

Three cabins burned out and the electricity system onboard was damaged, ministry spokesperson Nicolai Berejnoi told the Itar-Tass news agency.

The icebreaker was to return to Murmansk for repairs and an inquiry into the causes of the fire had been launched, he said.

Nuclear-powered icebreakers are used in waters that are continuously covered in ice. Russia deploys them to aid shipping in the Arctic waterways north of Siberia.

- AFP

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