Thursday morning in St. Petersburg caught fire four-deck motor ship " Peter Tchaikovsky ", informs urban emergency Department.

the incident happened when the ship was standing at the Salt pier on October waterfront. Total fire area was 13 square meters.

on inaccurate data, died 1 citizen, the mechanic, in whose cabin the fire happened.

Rescuers have taken out 240 passengers and 80 employees. They were placed in the restaurant on the beach.

To the destruction of the fire involved more than 60 people and 14 pieces of different mechanisms.

The cause of the fire is established.



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