MOSCOW, March 7. /TASS/. A process incident at the Cherepovets worksite of the Russian steelmaker Severstal occurred because of a hit by an unidentified drone, acting governor of the Vologda Region Georgy Filimonov said.

"An incident occurred today morning in the blast furnace area at the Severstal Plant in the Vologda Region as a result of the hit by an unmanned aerial vehicle of an unidentified origin," the official said, cited by the press service. "Furnace operations were not disrupted as a result of the incident; the plant is functioning normally," he added.

Emergency and investigation services are working at the incident scene. Nobody was injured as a result of the contingency.