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Samara Apartment Fire Kills One as 58 Are Rescued and Evacuated

Open burning was declared extinguished at 15:13 local time.

Overview

  • The fire began on balconies on the second and third floors of a nine-story building at 425 Kirov Prospekt in Samara's Promyshlennyy district.
  • Authorities received the emergency call at 12:48, and by 14:10 the blaze was localized to about 130 square meters.
  • A woman born in 1961 died and a man born in 1975 was injured, according to the regional emergency service.
  • Fire crews rescued 26 people, including four children, and evacuated 32 more, including 12 children.
  • The response mobilized 88 personnel and 25 vehicles, including 56 people and 15 units from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.