Fire Engulfs Russian Warship Under Construction, 3 Injured
17 Dec 2021
Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia � A Russian warship under construction at a shipyard in St. Petersburg caught fire Friday, leaving at least three workers injured.
The Provorny (Agile) corvette being built at the Severnaya Verf (Northern Shipyard) was completely engulfed by flames, and nearly 170 firefighters were taking part in efforts to extinguish the blaze that sent massive plumes of smoke over Russia�s second-largest city.
Local authorities said three workers were injured, with two of them requiring hospitalization.
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Re: Fire engulfs Russian corvette under construction
It will be interesting, if the Gremyashchiy class (Project 20385) corvette will be commissioned. Likely, new superstructure and mast have to be produced - which are anyway produced separately from the hull at a different company.
