State-run RIA-Novosti cites Dygalo as saying a fire-extinguishing system went into operation in error Sunday aboard the submarine during tests in the Pacific Ocean.
Dygalo is quoted as saying the dead include sailors and shipbuilders. He says 21 others were injured and evacuated to a ship that is escorting the submarine to shore.
Russia's navy has been plagued by deadly accidents. In August
2000, the Kursk nuclear sub exploded and sank in the Barents Sea,
killing its entire crew of 118.
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