Fire Incident at Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

The incident occurred in a transformer unit that is not part of the nuclear section of the facility

EUROPE — A fire broke out on the premises of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia, according to the Russian federal free-to-air television network REN TV early on Sunday, citing the plant's press service.

Image: Two cooling towers with thick black smoke rising from the base area, observed through a circular viewfinder against a landscape background.