In St. Petersburg, firefighters rescued eight people from an apartment engulfed in fire.

In St. Petersburg, eight people were evacuated from a burning two-room apartment. This was announced on December 12 on the website of the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the city.

"In a two-room apartment, in a room of 10 sq. m. There was a burning of the situation throughout the area. Gorenje. Eight people were evacuated from the danger zone," the report says.

The incident occurred at the address: Frunzensky district, Prague street, 20.

It is specified that four pieces of equipment and 17 personnel were involved in the elimination of the fire from the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Earlier, on December 11, it was reported that four people, including a child, were injured in a gas explosion in an apartment building in the Volgograd region. The preliminary version of the causes of the incident is related to violations during the operation of gas equipment.

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