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In St. Petersburg extinguished a fire in the building near the journalism department of St. Petersburg

Firefighters extinguished the fire on the roof of the building on the 1st line of Vasilievsky Island near the Faculty of Journalism of St Petersburg University. This was reported by the press service of the GU EMERCOM of Russia in St. Petersburg.

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Firefighters extinguished the fire on the roof of the building on the 1st line of Vasilievsky Island near the Faculty of Journalism of St Petersburg University. This was reported by the press service of the GU EMERCOM of Russia in St. Petersburg.

“No information was received about the victims,” the department noted. The fire on the roof of the house began the night before. The fire was reported at 20:05 GMT. The fire was eliminated only by 5:17 GMT. The fire area reached 500 square meters. m. 144 people and 47 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing.

The fire occurred in the reconstructed house No. 26, lit. A2. In the house No. 26 on the 1st line of Vasilievsky Island there is the Higher School of Journalism and Mass Communications (HSEMC) of SPbU. The press service of the university told TASS that the building behind the Faculty of Journalism caught fire. "Fontanka" wrote that because of the fire, classes in the journalism department building on September 18 were canceled.

Source: Коммерсантъ ↗

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