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MUMBAI (PTI): An explosion followed by a major fire gutted an Indian Navy's diesel-electric submarine at a dockyard in Mumbai late Wednesday night, killing 18 naval personnel, including three officers, on board.
The explosion took place on board INS Sindhurakshak, a Kilo class submarine of the Indian Navy, shortly after midnight.
The fate of 18 persons on board the submarine was intially unknow. The Navy later confirmed their death.
The Navy has ordered a board of inquiry to probe the explosion and subsequent fire on board the submarine, a defence spokesperson said.
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