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A fire aboard a submarine in the Barents Sea has killed 14 Russian sailors

The vessel, which is equipped to dive deeper than most other kinds of submarines, was surveying the Arctic seafloor, Russian authorities said.

By Polina Devitt, Reuters, Christian Lowe, Reuters July 3, 2019
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MOSCOW — Fourteen Russian sailors were killed when a fire broke out while their deep-water research submarine was carrying out a survey of the seafloor near the Arctic, the Russian defense ministry said on Tuesday.

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