A fire on an area of 192 square meters occurred in an apartment building in the Leningrad region.

In a two-story apartment building in the city of Tikhvin, Leningrad region, a fire broke out on an area of 192 square meters. m. The flames engulfed the second floor and the roof, which, according to preliminary data, collapsed. This was reported to Izvestia by eyewitnesses on August 15.

According to them, there are currently no victims of the fire, but there may be dogs in the house. In addition, they said that on December 1 last year, this building was already on fire — then two people, born in 1982 and 1987, died in a fire, the source of which was a furnace.

The source of Izvestia reported that the flames were localized by fire crews who arrived at the scene of the fire at 22:20 Moscow time. Four people were evacuated from the completely burnt-out building, which was built from a wooden log cabin.

Later, the press service of the Main Directorate (GU) of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region reported that the fire was extinguished at 23:47 Moscow time. There was no information about the victims.

On August 13, the main directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Altai Territory reported that one person died as a result of a fire in a five-story building in Biysk. It was clarified that four pieces of equipment and 14 specialists were sent to the scene to eliminate the fire, which covered an area of 5 square meters. m.

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