The press service of the Ministry of National Defense reported that the fire in one of the Ministry of Defense buildings located on Znamenka Street in the center of the capital was local and there were no casualties. It gives information about DEA News.
“The source of the smoke was immediately identified,” the press service said.
The ministry said firefighters are currently evacuating the building. The cause of the fire is being determined.
It was previously reported that the fire broke out. dead In one of the buildings of the Russian Ministry of Defense on Znamenka street in Moscow, house 19, not far from the Kremlin. Intense burning was observed through a window on the third floor of the building.
It was noted that the fire occurred in the house of the Apraksins – since 1987 the administrative services of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation are located here. The building has been reconstructed since 2019 after a fire in the technical rooms of the neighboring building in 2016.