On the evening of Friday, April 26, it was reported that a major fire had occurred on the roof of one of the buildings on the territory of the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation. The fire area exceeded 20 thousand square meters. Currently, rescuers have localized the flame.

At the same time, despite the information that appeared in the media, there are no dead and injured as a result of the fire.

At the same time, later at Roskosmos, they noted that a fire occurred at a private facility, which was adjacent to the territory of the Krasmash missile plant.

“Comprehensive measures have been taken to ensure that the fire does not affect the territory of the rocket plant. The administration of the enterprise and the fire departments of the enterprise are in place, ”the message says on Twitter.

The development of the situation is reported to the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

There is no fire on the territory of the KRASMASH rocket plant. The flame covers the territory of the warehouse of refrigerators adjacent to the plant. pic.twitter.com/AkPET1psZ0

- ROSKOSMOS (@roscosmos) April 26, 2019

Meanwhile, according to the head of the press service of Roscosmos, Vladimir Ustimenko, a fire broke out in one of the buildings belonging to the factory producing refrigerators Biryusa. This object has no relation to the largest enterprise of the defense-industrial complex of Russia.

“This is a warehouse of finished products. There was a fire in this warehouse, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

He stressed that the plant’s employees, together with the Emergencies Ministry personnel who arrived at the emergency site, took measures to secure the premises belonging to the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant.

The press service of the Emergencies Ministry in the Krasnoyarsk Territory indicated that the fire was given the highest, fourth rank of complexity. They clarified that the fire began to spread from the roof of the building, where the fire occurred. At the time of the start of the fire, about 50 thousand refrigerators could be in the warehouse. 94 people, 16 tank trucks and five ladders are involved in the fire fighting.

"Localization of the fire - at 22:16 local time (18:16 Moscow time) on an area of ​​20 thousand square meters", - stressed in the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

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The total area of ​​fire was approximately 24 thousand square meters. meters The fire led to the collapse of the roof of the building on an area of ​​2.5 thousand square meters. meters In addition, the Emergencies Ministry denied the information on the victims of the fire that appeared on the Internet.

“In the media goes unreliable information. We give reliable, accurate - there are no dead, injured as a result of this fire, ”the regional Emergency Ministry head office said.

“There should be no explosions there, there is no dangerous equipment there. There is no strong wind, so we do not predict the transfer of fire to neighboring buildings, ”said Alexander Yakimov, head of the press service of the regional emergency department.

Note that from different parts of Krasnoyarsk, one could observe black acrid smoke coming from the territory of Krasmash. It was formed due to fuel oil, which partially covered the roof of the building. The mobile laboratory also came to the place to measure the maximum permissible concentration of harmful substances in the air.

“There is no threat to human life and the spread of chemically harmful substances. However, the wind blows the smell of smoke from a fire in the direction of Energetikov and Nizhny Cheryomushki, so we ask residents not to open the windows, ”the administration of Krasnoyarsk said in the social network VKontakte.

Alexander Eidemiller, head of the Krasnoyarsk Region Civil Defense, Emergencies and Fire Safety Agency of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, who is on the site of the fire, also added that the situation is under control.

“The workshops of the main production of the Krasmash plant are located at a distance from the source of ignition. The fire does not threaten them. The fire also does not threaten residential areas. Nothing interferes with the livelihood of the region, ”the website of Channel 7 of Krasnoyarsk quotes him.

Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant was founded in 1932 and is located on the right bank of the Yenisei. The company is part of the United Rocket and Space Corporation (ORKK) and the largest factory in the field of the military-industrial complex of the country. Krasmash for many years engaged in the production of the basic module of the upper stage for the Zenit and Proton launch vehicles. Along with this, the enterprise has launched the production of intercontinental ballistic missiles "Sineva" and "Sarmat".

In addition, the plant produced about 16 thousand torches for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.