Russia Says Fire Has Been Put Out on Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ship

Russia Says Fire Has Been Put Out on Nuclear-Powered Cargo Ship
Two nuclear-powered icebreakers Russia and Yamal are seen moored at Rosatomflot, the operator of Russia's atomic icebreaker fleet, at a base at the Arctic port of Murmansk, Russia, on Dec. 11, 2011. Andrei Poronin/Reuters
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MOSCOW—Russia said on Monday that emergency workers had put out a fire on a Soviet-era nuclear-powered cargo-icebreaker ship and the state company which runs the vessel said there had been no casualties and no threat to the security of the reactor.

The fire broke out on Sunday in one of the cabins of the Soviet-made Sevmorput ship, which is currently at dock in the northern Russian city of Murmansk, the emergency ministry said.