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A fire broke out on the Russian aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, which is currently at the Murmansk shipyard. The first incident reported The “Severpost” publication citing a resource in the emergency services.
According to them, the complexity number 2 was assigned to the fire on the cruiser. Such a degree of ignition is considered a fire of increasing complexity and is assigned when the situation becomes critical and requires not only additional human resources, but also a water supply. and equipment. The second category includes the work of three firefighters or six firefighters with tankers.
Later, RIA Novosti, citing Alexei Rakhmanov, head of the United Shipbuilding Company (USC), reported that the fire was minor.
“There is a small flattening during the repair work. The fire was extinguished. All relevant fire systems worked properly. Rakhmanov said there was no damage or loss of life.
Murmansk Telegram channels, citing local emergency services, wrote that firefighters extinguished an open fire in an area of ​​​​6 square meters. There was a fire in cellar 18, now experts are checking the neighboring compartments. The increased fire difficulty level has been removed.
TASS reported that the aircraft-carrying cruiser is currently at the quays of the Zvyozdochka plant. According to the agency, no one was injured in the incident, and 20 people were evacuated from the ship.
The Ministry of Emergencies of Russia in the Murmansk region told Interfax that it was local smoke that was discovered in time by repairmen. “The emergency team and operational services of the ship that arrived at the scene eliminated the consequences of the incident,” the ministry said.
What misfortunes plague Kuznetsov
The only Russian aircraft-carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov” was launched in 1985 and entered service in 1991. After returning from an operation in Syria in October 2017, it was put under repair, which is expected to extend its service life by 10 years. However, several events occurred during the operation, which significantly delayed the completion of the repair.
Repair of the underwater part of the hull of the ship began in Murmansk at the PD-50 floating dock. On October 30, 2018, the dock sank in Kola Bay and the cruiser’s surface was damaged by its crane. “Kuznetsov” was towed to the berth of the 35th shipyard, which was later specially modernized for the repair of the ship.
On December 12, 2019, a major fire broke out on the cruiser: as a result of welding work in the bow of the ship, a spark entered the hold room with paint residues and fuels and lubricants, including diesel fuel. The fire quickly spread from 20 square meters to 600 square meters. It was extinguished by at least 12 fire departments for about a day, as a result the emergency compartment was actually flooded. As a result of the incident, two people died – a sailor and an officer from the survival service. More than ten people were injured. In April 2020, the head of USC estimated the damage caused by the fire at 500 million rubles.
In 2018, after the floating dock incident, the Department of Defense expressed doubts about the advisability of further repairs to the aircraft-carrying cruiser.
Source: Gazeta
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