One source told the TASS news agency that the fire had started on the upper deck and that thick, black smoke was billowing from the vessel.
Из отсеков "Адмирала Кузнецова" вырывается густой чёрный дым.
Пожар на авианосце потушить не удаётся. До сих пор числится пропавшим без вести один человек – командир дивизиона аварийно-спасательных работ Виктор Измайлов.
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The area of the fire has reached 600 square meters, Interfax reported.
Six people have been injured, TASS cited a source in the regional disaster medicine center as saying.
The Baza Telegram channel reported that firefighters are struggling to get the fire under control as the thick smoke prevents them from reaching the source of the flames.
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The Admiral Kuznetsov has had a troubled history since it was built and launched by the Soviet Union in 1985. It has been undergoing repairs at a shipyard near Murmansk following combat operations in Syria, where it was blighted by problems and lost two aircraft due to malfunctions with the carrier's arresting gear.
The additional repairs were not expected to affect the Admiral Kuznetsov’s return into service in 2022, Russia’s state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) said two days before the fire erupted. It was not immediately clear when or whether the ill-fated aircraft carrier would return to the Russian Navy.
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