On Chernyakhovsky Street in Moscow, the roof of a residential building in fire completely collapsed. A TASS correspondent reports this from the scene.
The news agency writes that the completely destroyed roof collapsed and burning debris fell around the building. Fire crews work at a safe distance from the house, taking all necessary precautions.
Moscow Deputy Prosecutor Yana Starovoitova arrived at the scene. The department took control to clarify all the circumstances surrounding the fire and ensure that the rights of the residents of this burned house were respected.
At night, a fire broke out on the roof of a residential building on Chernyakhovsky Street. The fire area was initially 300 square meters, but later the fire spread to an area of 4 thousand square meters.
Fire ranked third out of five possible levels of complexity. Approximately 400 people were evacuated and from the fifth entry was recorded An old man was in a wheelchair, unable to leave the building on his own.
He was there to put out the fire involved two Ka-32 helicopters.
According to TASS, this was the largest fire in a residential building in the modern history of Moscow.
The press service of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia reported that, according to preliminary data, there was no loss of life.
Also Moscow Ministry of Transport reported, traffic was blocked along the Leningradsky Prospekt alternative route to the area. It was previously reported that traffic on Chernyakhovsky Street was blocked due to the work of operational and emergency services due to a large fire.
Earlier, following a fire on a gas pipeline in the Kama region woke up criminal case.