Fire on the roof: why Koptevsky market in Moscow caught fire
In the morning on Tuesday, December 10, Koptevsky market caught fire in the north of Moscow. The fire engulfed several pavilions on an area of almost 400 square meters: the roofs of five buildings where equipment is stored were burning. At the moment the fire has been completely eliminated, but the employees of special services continue their work. Traffic on the streets neighboring the market is blocked. Read more about what caused the large-scale fire, whether there are victims and how things are now at the scene - in the material "Izvestia".
Fire at the Koptev market: what happened, the latest news
In the morning on Tuesday, December 10, broke out a trading pavilion at the Koptev market in Moscow. The flames spread over an area of 40 square meters on the roof of two buildings and then spread to neighboring buildings. An hour later, the area of the fire had already increased to 300 square meters. meters.
Firefighters and rescue services of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were sent to the scene. They managed to localize the flame on the area of 400 square meters. m. Then the open burning was liquidated.
Preliminarily, there could be people in the market premises, but there is no information about the victims yet. Now the Moscow Prosecutor's Office has started checking the consequences of the fire at Koptevsky market. According to experts, the exact cause of the incident will be established by fire-technical examination. They emphasized that they control the course of the inspection.
Because of the fire on the territory of Koptevsky market the traffic movement from Starokoptevsky pereulok to Koptevskaya street is closed, the Moscow State Automobile Inspectorate reported and asked to choose detour routes.
Koptevsky market redevelopment: when the reconstruction should have started
In the summer of 2024, it became known about plans to reconstruct Koptevsky Market and transform it into a modern gastromarket similar to the Depo food mall. It was assumed that the new facility will have 80 trading places with farm products and 40 catering corners. The total area is 20 thousand square meters. m.
The idea to rebuild Koptevsky market emerged back in 2017, when the management of Khoroshevsky district of Moscow reported plans to erect a single covered capital shopping complex. Market owner Andrei Rogachev, known as the founder of the Pyaterochka chain and former co-owner of the X5 Group, invested at least $20 million in the reconstruction. The work was expected to begin in 2020. However, the construction of the project was postponed due to the "difficult situation in the country".
At the moment it is planned that the reconstruction will begin in late 2024 - early 2025. The head of Koptevsky Market LLC Kirill Zorin noted that the renovation will take place according to a similar project, which was developed by Zemskiy Architect Group. It is reported that now Koptevsky market is receiving documents for reconstruction and preparing project documentation.
Local merchants have repeatedly noted that it is very difficult to work in such conditions and it is simply not comparable with the rent for the place. According to them, now the average payment for a place per month is about 100 thousand rubles.
History of Koptevsky Market
Koptevsky market in the north of the capital is located between the metro stations "Voykovskaya" and "Petrovsko-Razumovskaya". It is one of the oldest markets in Moscow, it was founded in 1949 as an open-air collective farm market consisting of wooden pavilions. Initially, representatives of farms of the Moscow region traded at it.
Until 2014, the market was owned by the city, in 2014 it was acquired by the Veterok Group of Companies. At the end of 2017, the reconstruction of the market began, the old wooden tents were replaced with tent tents, negotiations on the construction of a capital building began.
Currently, the market has more than 400 trading places selling meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, cereals and other products. Prices fluctuate from counter to counter: someone sells more expensive, someone cheaper.
