Good heavens! Russian Dreadnoughts do seem to be a bit combustible, don’t they? I’m guessing the author’s mastery of nautical terminology is still a work in progress. On the other hand, if they did pickle off one of those 25,000 mile missiles, that would explain the fire, wouldn’t it?
It is not a big ship either. A Harpoon anti-ship missile with it’s 500lb warhead would probably cut it in half.