Aircraft carrier hull leaves the BAE shipyard on a barge Pieces of the aircraft carrier were shipped to Rosyth
A blaze has broken out on the largest section of the UK's first Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier, which is being built at Rosyth in Fife.
About 40 firefighters using seven fire engines are tackling the blaze, which broke out in a stairwell just after 14:33.
The 8,000-tonne mid-section of hull is at number one dry dock at Rosyth.
Fife Constabulary said nobody had been hurt in the blaze, which started at deck eight.
When assembly is completed, HMS Queen Elizabeth will be a 280m (919ft) long carrier capable of deploying up to 40 Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft.
The ship will not be finished until 2016 at the earliest, and may not be ready for active service until 2020.
The carrier project is one of the largest defence orders placed in the UK, with a price tag of £5bn.
About 10,000 workers have been employed around Britain to work on the carriers, with a further 25,000 building components for the F-35 aircraft.
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Subject: Queen Elizabeth carrier section on fire at Rosyth 
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