One person was injured in a fire at a workshop in Yekaterinburg

One person was injured in a fire in an industrial zone in Yekaterinburg, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Sunday, December 1.

"From the territory of the industrial zone in Yekaterinburg, 70 people evacuated on their own. One person was injured," - specified in the Telegram-channel of the department.

At the moment, 67 specialists and 23 units of equipment are working at the scene. Also the laboratory of the Ministry of Emergency Situations was sent there to measure the concentration of combustion products in the air.

The fire in the polystyrene production shop on Testateley Street started in Yekaterinburg earlier in the day. Eyewitnesses published in social networks footage from the scene. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire covered 1.5 thousand square meters. m.