10 Apr 2013 11:27

Explosion sparks fire at Perm Motors plant - Emergency Situations Ministry

MOSCOW. April 10 (Interfax) - An explosion has sparked a fire at a Perm Motors plant in Perm, the Russian Emergency Situations reported.

"An explosion occurred at the 25th workshop of Perm Motors in Perm at 10:32 a.m. Moscow time and the roof caught fire," a source at the ministry's National Crisis Control Center told Interfax.

The ministry has no information about possible casualties as yet.

The source said information about the situation at the plant was being updated.