The burned-out mansion of Carl Miller was inspected with a drone. Video

Specialists with the help of a drone inspected the historic building on St. Isaac’s Square, known as the mansion of Karl Miller in St. Petersburg. This was reported by the Committee on State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments (KGIOP).

Published footage taken by a drone shows the state of the facade and roof of the mansion. The building is clearly damaged. There's no drone going in.

“The obtained data will form the basis of priority emergency and conservation work,” the report says.

Miller’s mansion on St. Isaac’s Square is an object of cultural heritage of regional importance. The building was formed on the basis of buildings of the XVIII century, and in 1879-1880 it was significantly rebuilt for the engineer Carl Miller by the project of his brother, architect Ferdinand Miller. The Miller family owned the house until nationalization in 1917. The building was included in the unified state register as an object of cultural heritage of regional importance in 2021.

The fire in the mansion broke out on the evening of October 1, the message of the fire came to the emergency services at 20:11. The flames spread over an area of 2,000 square meters in a burning building and burned 250 square meters of roof in a nearby building. At 20:26 the rank of the fire was raised to the second number, and at 21:12 to the third.

At 1:45, rescuers eliminated the open burning, and at 19:38 completely extinguished the fire. There were no reports of casualties.