India's prime minister says the 18 sailors on board a navy submarine are feared to have lost their lives in an explosion and fire.
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![A man watches Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak on fire, Mumbai, August 14, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cbca3726-8794-40a8-8323-d0ca307c5c65_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man watches Indian Navy submarine INS Sindhurakshak on fire, Mumbai, August 14, 2013.
![The night sky is lit up as a fire burns aboard the INS Sindhurakshak, an Indian Navy kilo class submarine, Mumbai, August 14, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/733f4471-463b-4957-afbd-d9457dbe733c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The night sky is lit up as a fire burns aboard the INS Sindhurakshak, an Indian Navy kilo class submarine, Mumbai, August 14, 2013.
![India’s navy chief, Admiral D.K. Joshi, left standing and Defense Minister A.K. Antony, center sitting, gesture during a press conference after an Indian navy submarine caught fire and sank in Mumbai, August 14, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ac40e9c5-32b1-4db3-b520-7f9f3d6458f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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India’s navy chief, Admiral D.K. Joshi, left standing and Defense Minister A.K. Antony, center sitting, gesture during a press conference after an Indian navy submarine caught fire and sank in Mumbai, August 14, 2013.
![Ryan Randall plays the bagpipes outside a polling station in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scotland votes whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e6a2af05-1b45-4021-a997-ddadd6596879_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ryan Randall plays the bagpipes outside a polling station in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scotland votes whether or not to end the 307-year-old union with the rest of the United Kingdom.