MOSCOW, October 7 (Itar-Tass) —— A fire broke out in a spice-packing plant in the city of Malaya Vishera, the Novgorod Region.

Ablaze were 7,000 sq m, a Russian Emergencies Ministry source told Itar-Tass.

The fire is localized, the source said.

The fire alarm was received at 18:30 Moscow time on Saturday.

Eighty percent of the 10,000-sq-m building collapsed.

There were no reports about victims. According to the preliminary information, there were no people inside.

Firefighters were continuing working at the site to extinguish the blaze.