Moscow - A fire broke out yesterday in one of Russia's S-300 missile systems outside Moscow, causing damage but no injuries, Russian news reports quoted military officials as saying.
Interfax news agency, quoting the Russian Air Force, said the fire occurred in the morning in the Zakharovo Yegorovsky district while the missiles were in a horizontal position and in a protective covering.
Interfax said three missile launchers were damaged.
"There was no accidental launch. There are no injuries . . . There was no damage in the village. Neither residents nor servicemen were evacuated," it said.