LONDON: Firefighters in northwest England on Wednesday fought a “significant fire” at a weapons firm’s nuclear submarine shipyard, which led to two pe...

Shares in BAE Systems were in the red on Wednesday morning, as emergency services dealt with a fire at its Barrow-in-Furness nuclear submarine shipyard, briefly hospitalising two people and leading to the evacuation of the facility's main building, Devonshire Dock Hall.

Two workers were hospitalised with smoke inhalation as the £1.5billion hunter-killer HMS Agincourt is said to have suffered 'substantial damage' amid the flames.

Police say there is "no nuclear risk" and an investigation is under way into the cause of the blaze.

Two people had been taken to a hospital after suffering from suspected smoke inhalation and that there were no other casualties