A fire broke out in a 37-storey building under construction in the north-west of Moscow

A fire occurred at the construction site of a residential complex in the capital's Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo district. About it the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia reported on Friday, February 14.

"In the 1st Tushino proezd the fire engulfed the third floor of a 37-storey residential building under construction. Preliminary, the area of the fire is 40 square meters," - quotes the message of the agency of city news "Moscow".

At the site worked 23 specialists and 11 units of equipment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, specifies NSN. There was a danger that the fire would spread to the fourth floor, reports 360.ru.

Data on the victims did not come, reported on the website kp.ru.

Later there was information that employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry liquidated the fire, writes "Moscow 24".

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Four helicopters and a train were involved in extinguishing the fire

Earlier, on February 9, nine people were rescued from a fire in a residential building on Vavilova Street in Moscow. Employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry rescued five people from the second floor with the help of rescue devices, four more - from the overlying floors.