<p>Beijing: A fire broke out on a retired aircraft carrier during the dismantling and refitting of the vessel along the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province.</p>.<p>The incident took place on Friday afternoon along the river in an industrial zone south of the Nantong city.</p>.<p>No casualties have been reported and flames have been largely extinguished on Saturday.</p>.<p>An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway, local authorities were quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</p>.China to monitor arrivals of people, goods for mpox virus.<p>The aircraft carrier, named Minsk, was in 2016 moved to Nantong, where it is expected to form part of a planned aircraft carrier theme park.</p>.<p>'Minsk' had previously been moored in the city of Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province for several years.</p>.<p>After its retirement in 1995, the aircraft carrier was sold to a company in the Republic of Korea before being resold to a Chinese company, which transformed it into part of a military theme park in Shenzhen.</p>.<p>Earlier the Nantong industrial zone said it would start renovations on the vessel in March with the goal of opening a national defence centre based on the carrier by October 1.</p>.<p>China currently has two aircraft carriers, Liaoning, which was a refit of the Soviet-era ship, and Shandong, which is an indigenously built 2nd aircraft carrier commissioned in 2019.</p>.<p>China's third aircraft carrier Fujian is currently undergoing trials. </p>
<p>Beijing: A fire broke out on a retired aircraft carrier during the dismantling and refitting of the vessel along the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province.</p>.<p>The incident took place on Friday afternoon along the river in an industrial zone south of the Nantong city.</p>.<p>No casualties have been reported and flames have been largely extinguished on Saturday.</p>.<p>An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway, local authorities were quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</p>.China to monitor arrivals of people, goods for mpox virus.<p>The aircraft carrier, named Minsk, was in 2016 moved to Nantong, where it is expected to form part of a planned aircraft carrier theme park.</p>.<p>'Minsk' had previously been moored in the city of Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province for several years.</p>.<p>After its retirement in 1995, the aircraft carrier was sold to a company in the Republic of Korea before being resold to a Chinese company, which transformed it into part of a military theme park in Shenzhen.</p>.<p>Earlier the Nantong industrial zone said it would start renovations on the vessel in March with the goal of opening a national defence centre based on the carrier by October 1.</p>.<p>China currently has two aircraft carriers, Liaoning, which was a refit of the Soviet-era ship, and Shandong, which is an indigenously built 2nd aircraft carrier commissioned in 2019.</p>.<p>China's third aircraft carrier Fujian is currently undergoing trials. </p>