Russia's Second Factory Caught Fire In Two Days

The pillar of smoke was visible from across the city.

In the afternoon of October 8, a strong fire broke out in the industrial zone of Russian Novosibirsk, the column of smoke from which was visible from different parts of the city. The Novosibirsk region's Emergencies Ministry department reported a commercial and production warehouse on Sibiryakov-Gvardeitsev Street, 45b, on fire, writes The Moscow Times.

The Solder Plant, which produces electronics and microchips used in weapons and military radio electronics, is located nearby. "Fire and rescue units promptly arrived on the scene. <�...> More than 70 people and 23 units of equipment were involved in the extinguishment," - noted in the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Later in the service said about the localization of the fire on the area of 2 thousand square meters. m. At the same time there was a collapse of the building's structures. What caused the fire, the Emergencies Ministry did not specify. According to preliminary data, no one was injured. The prosecutor's office of Kirovsky district of Novosibirsk has joined the investigation of the incident. According to the Sibirsky Express, the branch of Herrmann Russia LLC, which belongs to the German company Hörmann, which produces reloading equipment, entry control systems and automatics, is registered at the above address. The company did not leave the Russian market, but stopped accepting orders for equipment that fell under EU sanctions. Also in the building was the company "Santechtrade", specializing in the sale of sanitary ware.

This is the second case of fire of an industrial facility in the Urals in the last two days. The day before, on October 7, a fire broke out in Yekaterinburg on the territory near the Ural Turbine Plant. To extinguish it 26 units of equipment and 76 rescuers were involved. The area of the fire was about a thousand square meters. The fire completely engulfed the building where the company ChemKrioMash, engaged in the production of metal structures for construction, was located. There were no casualties. At the same time eyewitnesses of the emergency heard a strong rumble. The cause of the fire was also not officially announced. The Ural Turbine Works said that there were no fires in its shops. "The third shift is working in a normal mode. The plant is loaded with orders and production was not interrupted," the company said.

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