# Fire at Russia’s Amur Gas Chemical Complex kills 15

https://mins.news/en/item/34634

- Meduza, 2026-08-27 16:11 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/27/fire-at-russia-s-amur-gas-chemical-complex-one-of-the-world-s-largest-chemical-plants-kills-15

> A major fire at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex construction site killed 15 people, including six Chinese nationals, and left 39 hospitalized. The blaze began on August 25 in an auxiliary part of the pyrolysis unit and was extinguished a day later. Its cause remains unknown, while a criminal case over industrial safety violations has been opened.

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