The key facts

  • The fire at the RIO Sevastopolsky shopping center broke out in a ventilation shaft on the minus first floor
  • About 1,500 people were evacuated
  • The fire was extinguished, and there were no casualties

Fire at a shopping center on Bolshaya Cheryomushkinskaya

A fire broke out in a ventilation shaft on the minus first floor of the RIO Sevastopolsky shopping center in Moscow, located at 1 Bolshaya Cheryomushkinskaya Street. Emergency services reported this to TASS; the report was carried by Gazeta.Ru. About 1,500 people were evacuated from the building.

Outcome and context

Later, emergency services reported that the fire had been extinguished and there were no casualties. The report of the fire at the shopping center came amid a series of other fires that Gazeta.Ru covered in the same article: earlier, a fire broke out in the Korovin apartment building in central Moscow, built in the early 20th century — a music store on the ground floor caught fire, the flames covered 25 square meters, furniture and musical instruments were burning, and the cause was not stated. In addition, in early October, the Miller mansion opposite St. Isaac's Cathedral burned down in central St. Petersburg: the fire covered 2,000 square meters and spread to a neighboring building; 165 people and 37 units of equipment worked on extinguishing it; the mansion was being prepared for restoration and conversion into upscale housing.