Transformer explosion causes fire at Chelyabinsk factory
A fire caused by a transformer explosion broke out at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, which is under sanctions as a manufacturer of engines for military equipment.
Chelyabinsk factory explosion (Image source: Baza video screenshot)
Russia, Chelyabinsk: A fire caused by a transformer explosion broke out at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, which is under sanctions as a manufacturer of engines for military equipment.
Baza, a Russian Telegram channel, reported that witnesses said they heard an explosion before the fire broke out and saw a large column of fire rise above the plant and early reports indicate that the fire broke out at the plant’s transformer station. Mash, another Russian Telegram channel, said that a transformer exploded, and some residential buildings in Chelyabinsk have been left without power. Emergency workers were deployed to the site of the incident, but there is no information about casualties.
“Residents of other apartment buildings were more lucky: they only had power cut off for 15 minutes, and then they had their power restored. At least eight appliances were brought to the site of the incident,” Mash reported.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said that fire at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant has been extinguished. “An oil transformer was on fire, with fire spreading over an area of 40 square metres,” the ministry’s report read.
Source: Pravda.com.ua
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