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Fires in Moscow and Tolyatti Contained After Rescues and Evacuations

Investigators in Tolyatti preliminarily point to an electrical short in a blaze that left residents unharmed.

Overview

  • In Moscow, firefighters saved three people from a 13th-floor apartment, including two children, and transferred them to medics.
  • The Moscow fire involved personal belongings and furniture and was extinguished by 18 personnel using five vehicles.
  • In Tolyatti, flames were confined to a corridor on the sixth floor as 35 residents, including 11 children, were evacuated.
  • No injuries were reported in the Tolyatti incident, with 26 specialists and eight units deployed to put out a roughly 15-square-meter fire.
  • Officials said both incidents were contained, and the cause in Tolyatti remains under review with a short circuit cited as the preliminary finding.