BREAKING: Massive Fire Occurs at Russia's Sakhalin Thermal Power Plant

Update at 5:28pm: Local officials said that 14 firefighters and a helicopter battled the blaze, which spread to the roof of the Sakhalinskaya GRES-2 plant. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

BREAKING: Illinsky, Russia - Earlier today a massive fire occurs at Sakhalin Thermal Power Plant in Illinsky, Russia.

Unknown injuries.

The cause was an explosion in the turbine department of GRES-2, the fire spread to the roof.