Fire breaks out aboard French Navy Rubis-class Submarine 'Perle'

A fire broke out in the fore zone of the French Navy Rubis-class nuclear-powered 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 Rubis-class 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