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12 hurt in Russian power plant blaze
MOSCOW : Twelve people were injured, five of them seriously, when a fire broke out Tuesday at a large Russian power plan
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The GRES-1 unit's operations were not affected, an emergencies ministry official told the news agency, while giving no immediate explanation for the blaze.
"Five people have been delivered in extremely serious condition to the burn unit in Surgut," local emergencies ministry spokesman Vadim Grebennikov said.
The fire was put out about an hour after it started, the official added.
The unit can produce up to 3,280 MW of electricity, according to the company's website.
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011