It said the fire broke out on the ground floor of the 15-storey building and was brought under control very quickly just before 1am, noting that it led to the evacuation of more than 200 people.
A fire in a high-rise building in the southeastern part of Moscow killed at least eight people overnight Thursday into Friday, Russian authorities said, adding that it broke out in an inn.
“According to preliminary information, eight people are dead and four others have been hospitalized,” the Investigative Committee, responsible for major criminal cases, said in a statement.
A hostel in a multi-storey building on Alma-Atinskaya Street burned down at night in #Moscow.
Eight people died, all of them were migrants. The presumed cause of the fire was an electrical malfunction. pic.twitter.com/fgUjP7muFz
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In a separate statement, emergency services said the fire broke out on the ground floor of the 15-storey building and was brought under control very quickly just before 1am, noting that it led to the evacuation of more than 200 people.
Eight killed in a hotel fire on Moscow’s Alma-Atinskaya Street last night
The fire started on the first floor of a multi-storey building with an area of 150 square meters. pic.twitter.com/RUrZqB65Zy
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“The bars on the windows prevented people from being saved, this is the main cause of the deaths,” said Andrei Rumiantsev, interim head of Moscow’s emergency services, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
He explained that the inn’s fire alarm system was not working and that other safety violations had been reported in inspections of the store in 2019 and in June.
A hostel is burning in Moscow near the Alma-Atinskaya metro station. Eight casualties are reported. pic.twitter.com/JvTeTOuuQ7
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An investigation into “violation of security regulations” has begun, according to the Commission of Inquiry.
Russia is often plagued by fires and deadly gas leaks, either due to crumbling infrastructure or negligence.
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