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Donetsk - A coking plant is burning in the town of Avdiyivka outside of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, an Interfax correspondent has reported.

Local residents claim they have observed the bright glow of fire over
the premises of the enterprise for several hours already. The cause of
the blaze has not yet been established.

Fighting continues in Avdiyivka.

The Avdiyivka enterprise, one of the largest coking plants in Europe,
is a member of the Metinvest industrial group, whose major shareholder
is Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov.