Urgent evacuation of people from the building of central market in Saransk town has been carried out today at about 1.30 p.m., said the representative of the town department of Federal Agency for Fire Prevention. According to him, "the part of the roof of building sagged, after which one of the beams supporting the gear of the roof broke ". "Ambulance" machines and fire-brigades arrived to the scene.
Market merchants have been allowed to take away only personal possessions, money and clothing. Goods have remained in the building, which is surrounded by the militia.
According to the data of the regional web-site, three beams have already collapsed. As the reason of the accident is called the carelessness of the market management, who did not issued in time the order to remove snow from the roof of the building. However, this information comes from the unofficial sources.
Meanwhile, the conclusion about dangerous condition of Saransk central market was made by the experts in 1999 already, the town web-site reports. The experts indicated structural and technical mistakes, committed at the stage of construction. The use of the irrelevant construction materials and the low quality of installation works were called among the general errors.
sections: Accidents, Region News
regions: Central region |
Russian News
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