40 people evacuated as factory near Krasnoyarsk on fire

A huge fire has broken out 30 kilometers from Krasnoyarsk, in the village of Yelovoye. The aircraft manufacturing factory in Pridorozhny is burning.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia reports that 27 crew members and eight pieces of equipment are working on the ground.

“Forty people have been evacuated. Nothing has been reported about victims,” the ministry reports.