Fire at Angarsk oil refining plant in Siberia has been put out -governor

A fire that broke out early on Sunday at an Angarsk oil refining plant in Siberia has been put out, the region's governor said.

There were no casualties and work at the plant has not been affected, Igor Kobzev, governor of the Irkutsk region, told Reuters.

The plant, one of the largest oil refining plants in Siberia, is owned by Angarsk Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft ROSN. It is located near Lake Baikal in southern Siberia.