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The icebreaker under construction caught fire in St. Petersburg
On the territory of the St. Petersburg Plant "Admiralty shipyards" on the evening of November 27, the icebreaker Viktor Chernomyrdin, which was under construction, caught fire. This was reported to the "Paper" in the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies.
According to preliminary information, two decks of the icebreaker were burning, the fire area was 300 square meters. m. Two people were injured. One of the victims refused hospitalization, the second was taken to the hospital.
The fire was assigned a third degree of complexity of five possible. 110 emergency employees and 24 units of equipment worked on the spot. The fire is localized.
Video with a burning icebreaker was published by users on social networks.
According to Interfax with reference to its own sources, the fire could occur due to a short circuit.
The icebreaker at the factory is built by order of Rosmorport. The cost of the vessel is 8 billion rubles.