Fire At Minsk Tractor Works

Accident scene video.

The fire was on Monday afternoon in the thermal shop of the Minsk Tractor Works (MTW).

The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported this.

"In Minsk, units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are working at 29 Dauhabrodskaia Street. According to preliminary information, there is a fire of oil deposits in the hardening bath of the thermal shop of the enterprise on an area of 25 square meters. Rescuers report from the scene that they are observing dense smoke. Fire overhaul is now in progress," the ministry said in the message.

Twenty people left the shop before rescuers arrived. Later, the units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations extinguished the fire. No casualties.