A fire with an area of 5 thousand square meters occurred in the shopping center "Orange" in the Novosibirsk region

The staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations liquidates a fire with an area of about 5 thousand square meters in the shopping center (shopping center) "Orange" in the city of Iskitim, Novosibirsk region. This was reported on May 1 in the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in the region.

"In the city of Iskitim, a fire broke out in the Orange shopping center at 19a Leningradskaya Street. According to operational data, the fire has spread to the roof, and intense burning is taking place inside the building. Gorenje According to preliminary information, the fire area is 5,000 square meters," the publication says in the Maks messenger.

According to preliminary data, the fire is localized, more than 80 people and 27 pieces of equipment are involved in extinguishing. It is specified that a fire extinguishing headquarters is deployed on site and an operational group is working, a fire train is involved in supplying water.

There was no information about the victims.

Special fire zone: fires in the shopping center have increased by one and a half times in five years

They usually start at food courts, restaurants and bakeries, as well as during renovation

On April 5, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the facade of the Giant shopping center caught fire on Moskovsky Prospekt in Kaliningrad.

The fire was localized on an area of 7 thousand square meters. m. It was clarified that four people were injured, including two firefighters.