The key facts

  • A fire at a warehouse with oils and polymers at 16a Tupolev Street in Rostov-on-Don occurred on the morning of November 7
  • The fire area is about 8,000 square meters
  • The fire has been contained, the threat to neighboring buildings has been lifted, causes and casualties remain unconfirmed

Fire at a warehouse in Rostov-on-Don

On the morning of November 7, a major fire broke out at a warehouse complex at 16a Tupolev Street in Rostov-on-Don. According to Russia's Emergency Ministry (EMERCOM), a storage facility for oils and polymer materials caught fire, and the fire area reached 8,000 square meters. Due to the nature of the stored products, the fire posed a risk of further spread, and the ministry's fire and rescue units were dispatched to the scene (as reported by Life.ru).

Fire contained, firefighting continues

Less than an hour after the first report, EMERCOM announced that the fire had been contained: firefighters prevented the flames from spreading to neighboring buildings, and the threat has been lifted. “Firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to neighboring buildings. The threat has been lifted. Firefighting continues.”, the ministry reported. However, containment does not mean the work is fully complete: specialists still have to extinguish the open flames and eliminate any remaining hotspots.

What remains unknown

The containment announcement did not specify either the cause of the fire or any possible casualties — the circumstances of the incident are being established. For context: this is already a major warehouse fire in the Rostov region in recent weeks — according to Life.ru, on October 13 in Aksai, a fire at a warehouse grew from 500 to 9,000 square meters, and more than 100 rescuers and 36 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing it. No connection between the two incidents was indicated in the reports.