The fire broke out in the building of a shopping center located on Admiral Ushakov Boulevard, south of Moscow. According to a TASS source, a gas canister exploded in the Perekrestok store.
“On May 15, 2023, at 12:50 p.m., during the shift of the Crisis Management Center of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia for Moscow, a message was received about a fire at the address: SWAD , Admiral Boulevard Ushakov, 7. Upon the arrival of firefighters and rescuers, a fire broke out on the 1st floor from the facade (3-storey building),” the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies in Moscow said in a statement. .
The fire is currently being extinguished. People in the building were evacuated, the department added.
TASS in reference to emergency services transmits that a gas cylinder exploded in the Perekrestok store. Mosgaz told the agency that the building where the fire started had no gas supply.
Later, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that at 1:07 p.m. the fire had been extinguished in an area of 4 square meters. meters. According to the department, there was a fire in a garbage can located near the building, there was no information on the victims.
The press service clarified that “the information on cotton is not confirmed”.
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