Fire breaks out aboard French Navy Rubis class Submarine Perle

A fire broke out in the fore zone of the French Navy Rubisclass nuclearpowered attack submarine (SSN) Perle on June 12, at 10:35 am. The SSN was in dry dock, undergoing a major overhaul at Toulon naval base in Southern France, where all French Navy Rubisclass submarines are home ported. The blaze was put out at 12:50 am the next day, after more than 14 hours of a fight that mobilized a hundred firefighters and more than 150 sailors in support. There was no nuclear fuel on bo