According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, flare burning occurred at one of the production plants in the industrial zone.

“On Friday, a message was received about a fire at one of the industrial zones in Nizhnekamsk. It was established that flare combustion occurred at one of the production plants.

"At 17:36 Moscow time, open burning was eliminated, according to the Center for Disaster Medicine, the number of injured employees of the enterprise is nine people, thermal burns," the TASS report cites.

In February, "Utro.ru" reported that a criminal case was opened in the Kemerovo Region over the death of two children in a fire.