The Khimki court arrested Alexander Morozov, the head of the division of the construction company Delta-Stroy, who made repairs to the burned-out OBI store in the Mega-Khimki shopping center. TASS.
“The court has decided to fulfill the petition for investigation and to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention for Makarov until February 9,” the judge said in his decision.
TASS correspondent announced that the defense plans to appeal this decision.
In addition to Morozov, welder Denis Sagitov and 42-year-old foreman Ilnur Shaikhutdinov, who was responsible for welding at the OBI construction hypermarket, were also detained. They were released on bail.
The fire in the construction hypermarket occurred on December 9th. According to the investigation, it was reported that welding work was carried out on the roof of the shopping center building. Explosions occurred during the fire as paints and varnishes, construction and other flammable materials were stored in the hypermarket.
The area of the fire reached 18 thousand square meters. m, he succeeded localize On an area of 7 thousand square meters. m. on an area of 5 thousand square meters. m roof collapsed. According to the All-Russian Association of Insurers, fire damage in OBI will be a record-breaking insured damage for such facilities in Russia. discretion 20-30 billion rubles.
A mall employee died in the fire.