span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"A fire on a nuclear submarine docked at the French Mediterranean port of Toulon was extinguished early on Saturday morning, the Defence Ministry said. span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"Some 100 firefighters had been called in to tackle the blaze on the Perle, which lasted 14 hours and ended at around 00:50 a.m. (2250 GMT). the ministry said. It confirmed an earlier statement that no nuclear material was aboard when the fire broke out on Friday. span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"Nobody was hurt and no nuclear materials or weapons were on board the vessel, which was in dry dock for repairs, authorities said on Friday. span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"Toulon is France's biggest naval base and is home to most of its fleet, including the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the nuclear submarines and other warships that escort it on its missions. span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"