Fire has engulfed a 475ft apartment building under construction in Chechnya, a once war-torn republic in southern Russia. Emergency officials say 30 people were evacuated but no one was injured after the blaze broke out at 6pm local time. The buildings are part of a complex of high-rises under construction in the centre of Grozny, the Chechnyan capital. State television pictures showed a huge plume of smoke rising into the sky and clinging to the sides of the building with bursts of yellow flames. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Flames: Police officers watch on as a blaze rages inside a luxury tower block in Grozny City
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The 40-storey high building in the Grozny City complex is the tallest in Chechnya
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Everyone managed to escape the building which is a key symbol of the once war-torn city's rebirth
Blaze: Officers cordon off the area around a skyscraper, which is part of the Grozny-City complex, on fire in the  @placeholder capital Grozny