According to the French LeMonde news portal, a fire has broken out aboard French Navy’s Rubis-class nuclear-powered attack submarine “Perle” at Toulon naval base on 12th June. A fire on a nuclear submarine docked at the French Mediterranean port of Toulon was extinguished early on Saturday morning, the Defence Ministry said. It took 14 hours to extinguish a fire on board the French nuclear attack submarine, the navy said (AFP Photo/CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU) Toulon (France) (AFP) - A fire that raged for 14 hours on one of France's nuclear-powered attack submarines did not lead to an atomic accident as steps were taken to protect its reactor, the defence minister said Saturday. The prefecture also said that smoke coming from the Perle was not radioactive. (Reporting by Matthias Blamont Editing by Frances Kerry) Local newspaper Var-Matin reported on its website that the fire broke out at 10:30 a.m.. A defence ministry source said Defence Minister Florence Parly would go to Toulon as soon as possible.
A fire broke out abroad French nuclear submarine, Perle which was undergoing deep maintenance in the Mediterranean port of Toulon. A French submarine that has been missing for more than 50 years has been located by a search team. Nobody was hurt and no nuclear materials or weapons were on board the vessel, the Perle, which is in dry dock for repairs, the prefecture said in a statement. Surcouf was the largest French cruiser submarine.She served in both the French Navy and the Free French Naval Forces during the Second World War.She was lost during the night of 18/19 February 1942 in the Caribbean Sea, possibly after colliding with an American freighter. Some 100 firefighters had been called in to tackle the blaze on the Perle, which lasted 14 hours and ended at around 00:50 a.m. (2250 GMT). PARIS, June 13 (Reuters) - A fire on a nuclear submarine docked at the French Mediterranean port of Toulon was extinguished early on Saturday morning, the Defence Ministry said. The 74-metre-long (240-foot) Perle was launched in 1990 and started active service in 1993. the ministry said.
It will not spread, but it has not yet been put out,” a spokeswoman for the Mediterranean prefecture told Reuters.
Fire occurs onboard French Nuclear-Powered Submarine “Perle” By. “The fire is under control. Toulon is France’s biggest naval base and is home to most of its fleet, including the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the nuclear submarines and other warships that escort it on its missions. Toulon is France’s biggest naval base and is home to most of its fleet, including the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the nuclear submarines and other warships that escort it on its missions. The French Navy nuclear attack submarine Perle was heavily damaged by a fire that broke out Friday, while she was undergoing an extended refit, and it is not yet clear how badly she was damaged or whether she is repairable. It confirmed an earlier statement that no nuclear material was aboard when the fire broke out on Friday. PARIS (Reuters) - Fire broke out onboard a nuclear submarine docked at the Mediterranean port of Toulon on Friday and was still raging but under control by afternoon, local officials said. Sailors aboard the French submarine "Perle" (C) inspect the vessel in Portsmouth ahead of celebrations. Nobody was hurt and no nuclear materials or weapons were on board the vessel, which was in dry dock for repairs, authorities said on Friday. Dorian Archus - June 13, 2020. “Last night, fire aboard the Perle submarine … Photo Courtesy: France MoD. French Defence Minister Florence Parly tweeted the announcement on … PARIS (Sputnik) - A Rubis-class French nuclear submarine named Perle has caught fire while anchored on a naval base in the port-city of Toulon on the country's Mediterranean coast, the Maritime Prefecture of the Channel and the Mediterranean said on Friday, adding that the incident poses no threat of radioactive pollution. It can be at sea 220 days per year. Fire broke out onboard a nuclear submarine docked at the Mediterranean port of Toulon on Friday and was still raging but under control by afternoon, local officials said.