In Moscow, a fire broke out on Red Square in St. Basil's Cathedral, which has now been quickly extinguished.
This was reported on Saturday, August 1 by the TASS news agency, citing a source in the operational services. According to him, the ignition occurred on the ground floor, in the director's office, where personal belongings and furniture caught fire.
"On the first floor in the office of the director there was a fire of personal belongings and furniture. The fire area was about 10 square meters. m, " the source said.
According to Mash, 15 units of fire equipment were pulled into place. Eyewitnesses observed a cloud of white smoke over the domes of the cathedral. To date, the fire has been extinguished, no information about the victims has been received.
St. Basil's Cathedral, officially called the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is on the Moat, was built in 1555-1561 at the behest of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. The construction was carried out in honor of the capture of Kazan and the accession of the Kazan Khanate to the Russian state.
Earlier, EADaily reported that in In the Samara region, near Syzran, due to the collision of two fuel trucks on the M-5 highway, a fire broke out, which was liquidated by the operational services that arrived.
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