Major fire at UK's nuclear submarine shipyard in Cumbria

A important occurrence has breached retired astatine the UK's atomic submarine shipyard successful Cumbria.

Videos and pictures posted connected societal media amusement flames and fume billowing from BAE Systems successful Barrow-in-Furness.

Two radical were taken to infirmary but Cumbria Police said determination were nary casualties.

The unit said the incidental remains ongoing and that radical were evacuated from Devonshire Dock Hall. It added determination was nary atomic risk.

BAE Systems is 1 of the world's biggest defence contractors.

It produces a immense array of subject hardware and exertion - including atomic submarines, combatant jets, tanks and ships, arsenic good arsenic guns and ammunition.

It besides builds benignant 26 frigates for the Royal Navy and makes physics warfare systems for F-35 combatant jets.

The company's tract successful Barrow-in-Furness is wherever it constructs Astute and Dreadnought atomic submarines for the Navy.

BAE Systems has built each but 3 of the Royal Navy's atomic submarines since 1963.

Cumbria Fire Service and the Ministry of Defence person not yet responded to Sky's requests for comment.

In April, an probe was launched after an explosion astatine a antithetic mill owned by BAE Systems.

No 1 was injured successful the blast successful Glascoed, Monmouthshire, South Wales.

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