1 killed, over 130 injured in fire at Russian gas chemical complex

VLADIVOSTOK -- One person was killed and more than 100 others were injured in a fire at a gas chemical complex under construction in Russia's Far Eastern Amur region, said the facility in a statement on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of Health, 19 people were hospitalized with moderate or severe injuries.

Preliminary findings indicated that the fire originated in an auxiliary technological section of the pyrolysis installation. The fire has been contained so far.