Stirol plant in Gorlovka. Archival photoMOSCOW, Aug 12 There are no casualties as a result of the shelling of the Stirol chemical plant in Gorlovka, director of the plant Vasily Agarkov said. in case of a prompt response, we have a shelter where our people are in case of some kind of shelling. They react quickly and hide,» he said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel. Earlier, the mayor of Gorlovka, Ivan Prikhodko, announced the shelling of the Stirol chemical concern by Ukrainian troops. «The plant did not suffer any special damage that could affect the performance of our enterprise. The enterprise does not contain any dangerous harmful substances that could cause an environmental disaster or poisoning of our population. There is no threat of leakage,» Agarkov added. Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the Stirol chemical concern and coal mining enterprises are located in the city. Gorlovka is one of the largest settlements in the DPR, it has been under the control of the republic since 2014. Before the start of the conflict in Donbass, its population numbered more than 250,000 people. The most frequent shelling here is on the outskirts of the village of Zaitsevo and the villages of the mines named after Gagarin and «6/7». disasters, says Miroshnik
