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A fire broke out at the Rusal-owned Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter early on Wednesday, Russia’s TASS state news agency reports, citing local emergency ministry officials.
“At 08.57am (1.57sm GMT) a fire was reported on the territory of the KrAZ (Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter),” the agency cited the officials as saying. “A transformer caught fire on an area of 50 square metres (538 square feet).”
It was not immediately known what caused the fire. Rusal is the largest aluminium producer outside China.
Russia will conduct a nationwide test of its emergency public warning systems on Wednesday, blaring out sirens and interrupting television broadcasts to warn the population of an impending danger.
