Four Injured in Coal Plant Fire: Officials Report

(News In A Day) - Four people were injured in a fire at a coal processing plant in far northeastern Russia, Russian officials and the Mechel mining company said early on Wednesday.

Mechel said in a statement that personnel were evacuated from the coal processing plant located in Neryungri in the Republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, after a methane fire occurred in a finished goods warehouse.

Several Russian Telegram news channels reported an explosion at the plant. News In A Daycould not independently verify the reports of an explosion.

(Reporting by News In A Day; Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Christopher Cushing)