Fire in Moscow High-Rise Extinguished After Rescue of 11, With Two Injured
City emergency officials say the blaze was contained to 40 square meters and extinguished at 9:52 a.m.
Overview
- The fire started in a sixth-floor apartment of a multi-story residential building on Proletarsky Prospekt in Moscow.
- Firefighters used rescue devices to evacuate residents from upper floors, and medics are examining those brought to safety.
- Two people left the building on their own before the first fire-rescue units arrived, authorities reported.
- The response involved 24 personnel and seven vehicles from the Moscow fire-rescue garrison.
- Details on the cause of the blaze were not provided in the initial official statements cited by RIA Novosti.