A fire broke out in a multi-storey apartment building in the north of Moscow

A fire broke out on the fourth floor of a multi-storey building on Leningradsky Prospekt in Moscow. This was reported on May 17 in the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in the city.

"A fire broke out on the fourth floor of a multi-storey building on Leningradsky Prospekt. Fire and rescue units are working at the site," the department wrote on its Telegram channel.

The fire is being extinguished by 32 employees and 9 pieces of equipment of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

According to the ministry, the fire has been localized at the moment. Firefighters rescued six people from the fire, one of them a child.

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