Historic Russian factory goes up in flames in St Petersburg
Authored By Manas Joshi
Published: Apr 12, 2021, 04:20 IST | Updated: Apr 12, 2021, 04:20 IST
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Massive inferno
The huge fire at the factory sent clouds of black smoke over the city.
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Historic building in flames
As per the emergencies ministry, the fire broke out on several floors of the factory
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Smoke in the city
The factory, Nevskaya Manufaktura is a red brick building Oktyabrskaya Embankment of the Neva River
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More than a century-old
The enormous factory was founded as a cloth manufacturing unit in 1841. It was nationalised during the Soviet period and privatised in 1992
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File photo of Firefighting on
A file photo of a fire.
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