Huge fire breaks out at factory building UK's £1,600,000,000 nuclear submarines

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A fire has broken out at a shipyard currently building Britain’s next-generation nuclear submarines, each costing the Royal Navy £1.6 billion to develop.

Two people have been rushed to hospital after flames burst out at BAE Systems’ site in Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria.

Emergency services arrived at the scene at 12.45am as the fire continued to rage.

Police confirmed there was ‘no nuclear risk’, adding that two people were taken to hospital after suffering suspected smoke inhalation.

A statement said: ‘At this time there are no other casualties and everyone else has been evacuated from the Devonshire Dock Hall and are accounted for.’

Police advised people living nearby to ‘remain indoors whilst emergency services respond to the incident and keep doors and windows closed’.

The facility is home to Britain’s Astute-class submarines and Dreadnought programme.

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