The evacuation of people who caught fire from the Wildberries warehouse in the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg took place intensively. This was reported on the Telegram channel Puree Referring to one of the marketplace employees and a direct eyewitness of the incident.
As he stated, at least 1.2 thousand people were in the facility at the time of the fire. At the same time, the doors of one of the warehouses, through which people could escape, were also closed.
According to the source, this was done on purpose. The employee explained that the management tried to prevent the fire from spreading to other buildings in this way.
“The workers were let out through a small door,” he says. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the victims with their own eyes,” the material says.
The source claimed that the fire broke out due to wiring problems. The man claims that a new mezzanine was built in the area a few days ago and cables were laid there, but it was done poorly.
He added that a burning smell came from the facility in the morning. Later, the fire alarm went off at the facility, but the employees turned off the siren and continued their work.
January 13, St. In the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg caught fire Warehouses of the Wildberries online store. The fire initially spread to an area of 1,000 square meters, but later the fire area reached 50 thousand square meters.
According to information received from the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, the fire has been extinguished so far. localized On an area of 70 thousand square meters. The ministry emphasized that no one was injured as a result of the emergency.
Former prosecutor’s office started Investigation into fire at Wildberries warehouses.