On the night of March 22, the building of the first museum of Boris Yeltsin, located at 16 Comintern Street in Yekaterinburg, caught fire. DEA News Regarding the press service of the regional directorate of the Ministry of Emergencies.
Rescuers received the message about the fire at 01:13 (23:13 Moscow time), the fire was extinguished at 02:21 (00:21 Moscow time). The fire broke out in an area of 50 square meters. m, the bodies of Kia Rio, Skoda Octavia and Porsche Cayenne cars, the facade and roof of the 8-storey administrative building were damaged. “Nine equipment and 29 personnel were employed to extinguish the fire,” the rescuers said.
The initial cause of the fire was arson. “Operational and investigative measures will be implemented there, there are no victims,” said the Ministry of Emergencies.
There are 85 organizations, some of which belong to the Yeltsin Foundation, in the building that was damaged in the fire. According to local media reports, the Ural “Monument” (the organization was included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) has recently been moved to this building.
Previously at the Russian Song Theatre refuted It was reported that a fire broke out in a building on Olympic Boulevard.