"At 09:00 (local time. - RT ) a message was received about a fire on the coal handling tape in the tower at a height of 30 meters at the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine," said the TASS rescue agency.

They noted that the technological process is not broken, but the production capacity of the enterprise is reduced.

Earlier it was reported that in Yekaterinburg there was a large fire in the hangar at the plant.

In December 2018, URA.RU reported that the Electrozinc plant in Vladikavkaz would completely cease operations in the spring of 2019 due to a fire.