The fire started at night on the roof of a house at the address: st. Chernyakhovsky, house 4. Initially it was reported that the fire area was 300 square meters. m, but later it grew to 4 thousand square meters. m.
The roof of the building completely collapsed.
The fire threatened the buildings adjacent to the house and the neighboring shopping center, the operational services said. The fire was later contained and the threat was lifted. By 03:20 Moscow time, the open burning had already been extinguished. Later, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the fire had been completely extinguished.
Victims
There were no casualties as a result of the emergency; doctors examined all those rescued from the burning house, but none of them required hospitalization.
Rescuers' actions
According to operational services, more than 400 people were evacuated from the house, including, according to a TASS correspondent, 3 people with disabilities.
The fire was assigned the third rank out of five possible. Extinguishing is complicated by frost and wind.
Two Ka-32 helicopters from the Moscow Aviation Center dropped more than 50 tons of water onto the roof while extinguishing the fire.
9 Feb. 2024
English
THE LARGEST FIRE IN RECENT HISTORY
The fire started at night on the roof of the house at 4 Chernyakhovsky Street. Initially it was reported that the fire area was 300 sq. m, but later it grew to 4 thousand sq. m
. The roof of the building completely collapsed.
The fire threatened the buildings adjacent to the house and the neighboring shopping center, the operational services said. The fire was later contained and the threat was lifted. By 03:20 Moscow time, the open gorenje had already been eliminated. Later, the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the fire was completely extinguished.
Victims
There were no casualties as a result of the emergency, doctors examined all those rescued from the burning house, but none of them needed hospitalization.
Actions of rescuers
According to the operational services, more than 400 people were evacuated from the house, including, according to a TASS correspondent, 3 people with disabilities.
The fire has been assigned the third rank out of five possible ones. Extinguishing is complicated by frost and wind.
Two Ka-32 helicopters of the Moscow Aviation Center dropped more than 50 tons of water on the roof while extinguishing a fire.
9 Feb. 2024