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23 of September, 15:21

8 rescue workers killed when fighting a major fire in Moscow Eight rescuers have died when extinguishing a huge fire in Moscow. On the eve lit warehouse with plastic products. The fire covered 40 thousand square meters.

Just recently the place of an event there arrived colleagues of the dead firefighters. They laid flowers, placed candles. that night, in the East of Moscow, on stock, "Victoria", which stored the plastic products, have killed 8 firefighters. One of the first they arrived at the emergency and rescued about 100 people. At present the fire is liquidated, is pouring designs of the building. Over the course of extinguishing a fire is made to watch the drones.

The signal about ignition on the basis of wholesale Victoria on Amur street received at the remote duty at 17.30. It was reported that the burning warehouse plastic flowers. To put out is very difficult. Within minutes the countryside was shrouded in black smoke, but it could be worse: the first calculations were arrived immediately and began to make something that has not caught fire. From the burning building made 30 gas cylinders, tanks with ammonia. But the most important is the people: those who were in the warehouse, and those who came to their aid. The first crews arrived after 8 minutes after receiving the signal. They were able to withdraw from the territory of the warehouse more than 100 people. When the fire is completely extinguished, began to work investigators.

Only after 9 hours after the fire started the scene became possible to go without special outfit. The flame is shot down. Along the building there are fire towers that shed on top of a failed roof. A special laboratory has been monitoring the situation. The threat to the residents there.
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