It is estimated that the damage from the fire at the Wildberries warehouse in Shushary could reach 10-11 billion rubles. RIA News Source in the insurance market. He explained that this amount is comparable to the payment amount made by Ozon after the fire in August 2022.
Telegram channel SHOT he is writingthat the damage could be at the level of 10 billion rubles. INFOline President Mikhail Burmistrov aforementioned The Izvestia newspaper reported that the damage was estimated at 13-15 billion rubles. The cost of the warehouse with equipment is about 3 billion rubles, and goods – from 10 billion to 12 billion rubles.
St. The fire in the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg started around 07:00 Moscow time. The fire spread to an area of 70 thousand square meters and then became localized. RIA News notesThat this is the largest fire in Russian retail (in the Ozone case, the fire covered 50 thousand square meters). According to preliminary information, the cause of the fire was a malfunction in the electrical installation. As a result of the incident, the workplace with an area of 40 thousand square meters collapsed. SHOT writes that hundreds of workers did not have time to collect their personal belongings. Many people’s burnt passports were still inside. According to employees, many people were crushed during the evacuation. No casualties were officially reported.
Formerly at the Ministry of Emergencies statedIt was stated that the fire in the Wildberries warehouse may have spread to the electrical substation and the parking lot.