Heavy fire in Russia's Yekaterinburg fully extinguished UPDATED/VIDEO

Firefighters have completely extinguished a fire in a transformer production shop in Russia's Yekaterinburg.

The area of the fire was 4,500 square metres, Interfax reports, citing the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

In addition, the roof of the shop collapsed on an area of 300 square metres.

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A heavy fire has broken out at the defence company Uralmashzavod in Yekaterinburg, and one of the workshops is engulfed in flames.

According to Ural News, workshop No. 57, which contained about 500 litres of lacquer, is on fire. Clues of black smoke can be seen from different parts of the city. The fire covered an area of 800 square metres leading to a roof collapse.

EMERCOM reports that the fire has increased to 4,000 square metres.

Extinguishing is complicated by the high fire load of the building. The liquidation involved 52 people and 17 units of equipment. No casualties were reported.