No Casualties As Oil Refinery Catches Fire In Moscow - Emergency Operations Center

Umer Jamshaid Published November 17, 2018 | 11:32 AM

There are no casualties as an oil processing plant is burning in Moscow's south-eastern Kapotnya District, a representative of an emergency operations center told Sputnik on Saturday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th November, 2018) There are no casualties as an oil processing plant is burning in Moscow's south-eastern Kapotnya District, a representative of an emergency operations center told Sputnik on Saturday.

A representative of Moscow emergency services told Sputnik earlier on Saturday that two fire spots had been registered at the plant, with jet fires raging at a height of over 10 meters (32.

8 feet).

"There are no casualties, according to the preliminary data. We are currently stepping up efforts and bringing more people here," the representative said.

The Russian Energy Ministry confirmed that there were no casualties and fatalities, adding that there was no threat for the residents of the district and for its ecology.