SAMARA, July 27. Firefighters have extinguished an open fire at the Kuibyshevazot plant in Tolyatti, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Samara Region told journalists.
Earlier, the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that at 23:03 Moscow time they received information about a fire at 6 Novozavodskaya Street in Tolyatti. The department specified that the building houses the Kuibyshevazot plant. The arriving units found that cables and a pump were burning at an outdoor CO2 purification plant on an area of 200 square meters. There were no casualties as a result of the fire.
«At 01.35 (00.35 Moscow time) the open fire was declared extinguished,» the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia said in a statement.
On the Kuibyshevazot website It is indicated that the chemical The enterprise is a leader in Russia and Eastern Europe in the production of caprolactam and polyamide, as well as the largest manufacturer of technical and textile threads, cord fabric, polyamide and blended fabrics in the country. The plant was founded in 1966.