During the fire, 14 people were evacuated from the apartment house Shalit

In St. Petersburg, a fire was extinguished in the historical apartment house of Gerasim Shalit on Kakhovsky Lane. The apartment burned in a building that KGIOP recognized as an important cultural object. This was reported by the press service of GU EMERCOM in St. Petersburg.

On Kakhov lane, house 10, a fire began. In a two-room apartment of 50 square meters, the situation on an area of 10 square meters lit up. At 10:57 the fire was extinguished.

14 people were evacuated from the danger zone. There were no reports of casualties. 4 units of equipment and 17 personnel were involved in extinguishing.

Note that the four-storey apartment house was built in 1899-1900 according to the project of Vasily Rozinsky. In 1912, the building was rebuilt into a residential complex "New Petersburg" under the leadership of Ivan Fomin and the technician Erich Koch - the facade was decorated in the style of neoclassicism, the fifth floor was added in the attic, and in the 1930s the superstructure was increased above the entire building. In 2001, KGIOP recognized the building as an important cultural site.