Fire at warehouse in central Moscow kills 2

Sputnik
Sun, 20 Nov 2022 19:25 UTC

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A fire that broke out in the center of Russia's Moscow near Komsomolskaya Square has killed two people, the emergency services told Sputnik."Two people died in the fire in a depot near Komsomolskaya Square," the emergencies said.

The incident occurred in the building close to the Leningradsky railway terminal. Rescue teams immediately arrived at the scene. According to the ministry of emergency situations (EMERCOM), 80 people and 20 pieces of fire equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire, with a helicopter on standby.

At the same time, firefighters managed to evacuate seven people from the site and installed a lifting mechanism to access the burning building.

Comment: TASS reports:

A fire at a flower warehouse in central Moscow has been localized on an area of 2,500 square meters, a spokesman for the local emergencies services told TASS on Sunday.

"The fire has been localized on an area of 2,500 square meters," the spokesman said.

According to the Russian emergencies ministry's Moscow city department, the fire was localized at 18:20 Moscow time. "No casualties were reported. The firefighting effort involved 42 vehicles and 121 firefighters, as well as a fire train," it said.

It also said that no hazardous substances have been found in the air samples taken from the fire site.

The fire at the flower warehouse on Komsomolskaya Square was reported at 15:13 Moscow time. Seven people were evacuated from the building. The flame partially destroyed floor structures between the building's first and second floors on an area of 500 square meters.

It was not the first fire in this building Thus, on November 14, 2018, a fire consumed an area of 700 square meters. No one was hurt.

This comes on the heels of a suspicious gas pipe explosion yesterday near St. Petersburg: Huge explosion at gas pipeline near St. Petersburg, Russia