In Tomsk there was a fire in a shopping center on an area of 1.6 thousand square meters. m

The fire broke out in a shopping center on Nakhimov street in Tomsk, told RBC in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

“The message was received at 8/1 Nakhimova Street. The fire is localized on an area of 1600 square meters. The transfer of fire to neighboring buildings is not allowed, the ministry said.

The fire occurred in a two-storey brick building and annex. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, there are no casualties. There are 67 people and 20 units of equipment at the site.

The regional department of the Investigative Committee reported that the fire occurred in a non-residential building on Nakhimov Street. Investigators began a procedural check on the grounds of deliberate destruction or damage to property (part 1 of article 167 of the criminal code of Russia). The maximum penalty under this article is up to two years in prison.

Earlier in a multi-storey building in Tomsk there was a fire, which injured three people. Rescuers evacuated 29 residents, including nine children. Fire on an area of 90 square meters. m eliminated 69 specialists with the involvement of 19 units of equipment.

In January 2020, the fire occurred on the territory of a private sawmill in the village of Prichulimsky, Tomsk region, where the employees of the enterprise lived. The fire engulfed a one-storey wooden house on an area of more than 200 square meters.

After the fire was eliminated, rescuers found the bodies of 11 people, two more people were injured. According to the Consul General of Uzbekistan in Novosibirsk, five of the dead were citizens of the republic.