The fire at the Red Free plant in St. Petersburg spread to 200 square meters. m

The combustion area at the Krasnaya thread spinning and napal plant on Gelsingforsskaya Street in the Vyborg district of St. Petersburg is 200 square meters. The fire was awarded the second danger rank, the press service of the district administration told TASS on Wednesday.

"The combustion area is 200 sq. M, the fire spread to the roof of the building. A second rank of danger is assigned to the fire," the agency’s interlocutor said.

The city department of the EMERCOM TASS reported that information about the victims was not received. 108 people and 33 units of equipment began to extinguish the fire, writes 78.ru.

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A laboratory has arrived at the burning factory to measure the concentration of harmful substances in the air.

The spinning and low-minute plant "Red Thread" is located on the Vyborg side-the historical industrial area on the banks of the Big Nevka, adjacent to the central part of St. Petersburg. There are enterprises founded in the XIX - beginning of the twentieth century. The plant was opened in 1849 and is one of the oldest enterprises of the country's textile industry. It produces a wide range of threads for sewing, shoe, knitted, leather -haired, furniture industry. The company has a wide range of consumers in all regions of Russia, the CIS countries and in the Baltic states.