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Fire on premises of space rocket center in Samara, Russia Fire on premises of space rocket center in Samara, Russia (VIDEO)
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A huge blaze has broken out at a warehouse of the Research and Production Rocket Space Center in the southern Russian city of Samara, local media report. A source cited by RIA Novosti said that an area of about 1.000 sq meters has been affected. A huge blaze has broken out at a warehouse of the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center in the southern Russian city of Samara, local media report. Up to 1,000 sq meters could have been affected.
“A two-storey warehouse on the center's premises is on fire. Firefighters are working at the scene,” sources from the emergency services told TASS. “A two-storey warehouse... on the center's premises is on fire,” Tatiana Kovaleva from the press service of samara emergency services told RT.
Footage of the fire has emerged online. At least 60 people and 17 vehicles are currently battling the blaze, Kovaleva said.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW She added that there haven’t been any reports of the casualties or evacuations.
A 400-sq-meter area is affected by the blaze, according to Kovaleva. A source in the Samara emergency services, however, told RIA Novosti the fire has engulfed 1,000 sq meters.
The Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center is the developer of Soyuz rockets.
The Progress center’s press service said the fire has been contained.
The warehouse affected did not contain items “connected to the space industry” and was used for storing syringes, Yulia Izumova said.