One killed after fire at chemical plant in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod | World News

A lorry driver was killed after a fire ripped by the use of numerous garages at a chemical manufacturing facility inside the metropolis of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s emergency suppliers ministry talked about on Thursday, as firefighters labored to extinguish the blaze.

The ministry talked about the fireside had been contained to an house of 800 sq. metres and there was no threat to residential areas.

Video footage on social media confirmed dozens of firefighters on the scene and black smoke billowing extreme into the air.

The TASS data firm quoted the regional division of Russia’s state labour inspectorate as saying that a man had died after struggling burns on 90% of his physique due to a tanker fire on the territory of the Balzam chemical plant.

Balzam couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. The plant in Nizhny Novgorod is spherical 440 kilometres (273 miles) east of Moscow. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Alexander Marrow Enhancing by Gareth Jones)