ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: A 40-story skyscraper in Russia's Grozny caught fire Wednesday, burning a building where French actor and tax exile Gerard Depardieu reportedly owned an apartment.<br/> <br />Footage from Russian television and amateur video showed the building engulfed in flames with an enormous plume of black smoke rising over the city.<br/> <br />Russian tabloids reported that Depardieu owned an apartment on the 27th floor of the skyscraper.<br/> <br />The majority of the building's 40 floors were on fire, according to Russian news reports, with more than 100 firefighters working to put out the blaze.<br/> <br />Dozens of people were evacuated from the building, but no information was available on any injuries or whether people were trapped inside.<br/> <br />There are no immediate reports on what caused the fire.
