The media reported a fire in the building of the Russian Embassy in Uruguay.

The fire allegedly occurred in the building of the Russian Embassy in Uruguay in the capital of Montevideo. This was reported by the local TV channel Telenoche.

According to the TV channel, on the evening of April 26, local firefighters arrived at the embassy building in the Montevideo Pocitos area, as a column of thick smoke rose from the building's air duct.

"A thick column of smoke began to rise from the duct, so firefighters had to use saws and grinders to cut through the protective grille," the publication says.

As Telenoche pointed out, firefighters were able to enter the embassy building and open the windows and doors of all the rooms. Information about the cause of the fire, as well as information about the injured or dead as a result of the incident, is not specified.

Earlier, on February 24, an explosion occurred in Marseille near the Consulate General of the Russian Federation. Two French citizens threw three explosive bottles into the territory of the diplomatic mission, two of them exploded. The Russian Embassy in the country reported that no one was injured in the explosion.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that the incident had all the signs of a terrorist attack. She later stated that the attack on the diplomatic mission was due to Paris's incitement of hatred towards Moscow.

On February 27, the court sentenced the perpetrators to eight months in prison with the possibility of serving their sentences under house arrest with an electronic bracelet, and they cannot own or carry weapons for five years. Later, the Consul General of the Russian Federation in Marseille, Stanislav Oransky, expressed disagreement with the court's decision.