Large fire in Bashkiria: building constructed in 1903 is on fire

UFA, 4 July 2019. /Bashinform News Agency, Ksenia Kalinina/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/.

In the city of Belebey, in Sovetskaya Street, a building constructed in 1903 caught fire on July 4. The incident was reported to the Crisis Management Center of the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations.

“The forces and means of the Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM )were immediately sent at the scene. It has been established that the fire occurred in the building of construction materials store with an area of 10 by 20 meters. Five units of equipment and 12 people are involved in the fire fighting, ”the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations RB informs.

There is no threat of spreading fire to neighboring buildings. One man was injured in the fire.

The reasons and circumstances of the incident will have to be established by the EMERCOM investigators.