Overview

• Firefighters fully extinguished a cafe blaze on Vladivostok’s Sportivnaya Embankment after open burning was knocked down earlier, and authorities reported no injuries.
• Prosecutors in Primorye placed the case under oversight to examine causes and the site’s legality, including compliance with fire and migration rules.
• In Chelyabinsk, a fire at a furniture workshop was localized over about 1,200 square meters, a body was found during debris removal, and investigators opened a case under Part 2 of Article 143 of the Criminal Code.
• Chelyabinsk investigators said the probe will assess adherence to labor and fire safety requirements and the actions or inaction of those responsible.
• Earlier in Kanash, Chuvashia, a cafe fire that engulfed roughly 400 square meters of veranda and roof left one woman dead after she reentered the building, with about 20 rescuers and seven vehicles deployed.