A fire broke out in a hookah lounge in the center of Moscow

A fire occurred in a catering enterprise on Nizhnyaya Krasnoselskaya Street in the center of Moscow. This was reported in the press service of the Main Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the capital on Friday, February 21.

Visitors independently left the cafe premises before the arrival of fire and rescue units, reports 360.ru.

Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations promptly extinguished the fire, the area of which amounted to 30 square meters. m. The work involved 33 specialists and 10 units of equipment, specified on the website kp.ru. The fire occurred in the hookah "Mint Lounge", reports the agency of city news " Moscow".

Earlier, on February 20, a large fire of 1.5 thousand square meters occurred in the building of the Research Center for Electronic Computer Technology ( NICEVT) in the south of Moscow, reports NSN.

The fire was assigned an increased complexity number, RT reports. More than 170 employees and 50 units of equipment, including Ka-32 helicopters, were involved in extinguishing a large fire on Varshavskoye highway. 30 people were evacuated from the building engulfed in flames.