The Murmansk garrison military court found that the fire on the only aircraft carrier in the Russian Navy, Admiral Kuznetsov, during repairs at the dock of the Zvezdochka shipyard in 2019, was caused by welding. The newspaper writes that the cause of the fire was sparks and scale from the source. “Kommersant”referring to the head of the court, Vladimir Titarenko.
According to the publication, sparks and flakes flew through technological cavities and holes in the floor of the platform and fell into the underdeck area of u200bu200bthe cruiser, where there was a rag soaked in fuel oil. As a result, it caught fire. From a burning cloth, the fire spread to nearby cables, and after half an hour the flames, fueled by the air current, spread along the lower decks of the ship into corridors and vertical shafts designed for laying communications. The crew did not immediately notice the fire and began to extinguish it as the suffocating smoke began to fill the compartments.
As the court determined, the total damage from the emergency amounted to 607 million rubles. The fire destroyed several hundred kilometers of power cables and all of the cruiser’s electrical distribution equipment.
December 12, 2019 on the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” a big fire broke out. 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 of the survival service. More than ten people were injured.
Before the court-martial in Murmansk prisoner in case of fire on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.