A huge fire has broken out at a warehouse containing fuels and lubricants in Novosibirsk, Siberia.
The blaze has ripped through the entire building, parts of which are reported to have collapsed.
Emergency services have rushed to the scene, where some 66 firefighters are trying desperately to douse the flames.
A special firefighting train has also been dispatched to help put out the raging inferno.
Images show the warehouse completely engulfed in flames, with thick acrid black smoke spiralling skywards.
At least two people are feared to have lost their lives as a result of the blaze.
Emergency services were alerted to the fire at 47 Olovozavodskaya street 10.19am local time, after residents reported seeing black smoke rising above the city.
Firefighters called up a special train to help them control the inferno.
The fire train has a GLONASS navigation system, a pumping station, firefighting equipment, as well as two reservoir tanks that can each hold 62 tonnes of water.
Some 20 fire engines are also reported to be at the scene of the inferno.
The fire appeared to start in the roof of the warehouse, before rapidly spreading through the building.
Video images show the 4,500 m2 roof initially ablaze as onlookers watched on helplessly.
On Sunday another huge fire broke out at an oil refinery in Russia’s Komi Republic.
Seventy four firefighters rushed to the scene where they battled the flames for several hours.
The fire started in a tank at the Lukoil refinery, four kilometres (2.5 miles) from Ukhta.
Two people died as a result of the blaze, which also left another person seriously injured.
