MOSCOW, March 24. /TASS/. One person have died in fire at a gunpowder factory in Kazan, the capital city of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, a spokesman for the local emergencies services told TASS on Friday.

"As of now, we have information that one person has died in fire," he said, adding that no further information about casualties is available.

According to the police, the fire started at the factory’s end product shop.

An investigation is underway.