The key facts
- Fire in a building with a nightclub in Seversk engulfed about 300 sq. m of roofing
- People were evacuated; according to EMERCOM, there were no injuries
- The fire was localized at 11:02 local time; 12 units of equipment were deployed
Fire in a building housing a nightclub in Seversk
On the morning of November 6, a building on Sovetskaya Street in Seversk, Tomsk Region, caught fire; it houses a nightclub and the ZATO bar. The fire spread across the roof over an area of about 300 square meters, reported the press service of the regional Emergency Ministry (GU EMERCOM of Russia). The incident was also reported by the Telegram channel Sibirsky Express, which published video from the scene of the fire.
Firefighting efforts and evacuation
Besides the bar, the building houses auto parts and motor oil shops, a window manufacturing facility and other businesses. By the time firefighters arrived, the roof was already ablaze; 12 units of equipment were dispatched to the scene. The fire was localized at 11:02 local time (07:02 Moscow time). People were evacuated from the building in time — according to EMERCOM, no one was injured.
Context and what remains unknown
This is not the first major fire in the region: earlier, Life.ru reported a fire in a two-story wooden house in Tomsk on Ruzsky Street on October 27, where 47 EMERCOM personnel with 13 units of equipment took part in firefighting. As of publication, the cause of the Seversk fire and the extent of the damage had not been reported — these questions remain open.
