Fire on the 7th floor of the house on Gagarin: 60 adults, 15 children evacuated

In Nizhny Novgorod on Gagarin Avenue there was a fire in a residential building. The fire was on the seventh floor, reported in GU EMERCOM in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

By the time the first fire and rescue units arrived, the fire had already engulfed the room. As a result of the fire, bedding and interior decoration on an area of 8 square meters were destroyed.

75 people were evacuated from the building, including 15 children. According to preliminary data, there are no casualties.

To eliminate the fire involved 27 employees of the EMERCOM of Russia and 7 units of equipment. The preliminary cause of the fire is a violation of the rules for the device and operation of electrical equipment.