Alania Mall shopping center caught fire in Vladikavkaz

There was a fire in a shopping center in Vladikavkaz. This was reported by the head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania Sergey Menyailo on December 25.

He said that he left to the area of the shopping center "Alania Mall", where the fire occurred.

"An operational headquarters has been deployed at the site, law enforcers and rescue services are working," he noted in his Telegram channel.

Menyailo added that the circumstances of the incident are now being clarified. The Republican Prosecutor's Office said it was monitoring the progress of establishing the circumstances of the fire.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry's Telegram channel specified that the 3rd floor and the roof of the 800-square-meter building caught fire.

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Earlier, on December 20, a fire of 1 thousand square meters occurred in a restaurant complex in Volgograd. 48 specialists and 16 units of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire. The fire was completely extinguished the same day.