Fire Shuts Down Nuclear Plant in France

METZ, France (AP) -- A nuclear power plant reactor in eastern France was shut down Sunday after a fire started in a thicket of electrical cables, plant officials said.

The blaze erupted just after noon at the Cattenom plant in the Moselle region, and the second of the plant's four reactors was shut down, officials said.

The fire was away from the nuclear reactors and did not threaten them, officials said. No one was injured and there was no environmental damage.

The No. 2 reactor remained shut down Sunday afternoon, and an investigation was being conducted.