Warehouse workers trying to get out of the fire trap jumped directly onto the concrete from the height of the third floor after the emergency exits were blocked by the crowd.
St. A fire broke out in the warehouse of the Wildberries marketplace in Shushary, near St. Petersburg (Russian Federation), the fire has already covered 50 thousand m2. Information about the emergency was published by the Russian Telegram channel SHOT on Saturday, January 13.
It is known that fire is assigned to the highest – fifth – level of complexity. 422 rescue teams are trying to extinguish the fire with 90 special equipment. As of 09:00, the fire continued to spread and reached close to the truck stop next to the burning warehouse. More than 12 trucks were threatened. As you can see in the published photos, St. The sky over the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg was completely covered with thick black smoke.
On the other hand, Russian media Baza, based on its own sources, reported that a fire broke out on the 7th floor of a clothing store. The first alarm went off at the warehouse around 4:20 p.m. At around 7:30 workers began to escape from the building – many jumped from 2-3 floors directly onto the concrete, as there was a strong crush at the emergency exit. One of the victims suffered serious burns on his leg. The media also wrote that a week before the fire, the fire alarm went off several times in the 1st and 2nd blocks of the warehouse. Each time the alarm was false. Therefore, when the alarm went off on the morning of January 13, the employees initially decided that the drill had started and that they were not in danger.
According to RBC, one of the preliminary versions of the fire is the arson of a warehouse complex. However, the final decision will be made after the fire is extinguished and the investigation is completed.
Marketplace representatives promised that sellers would receive compensation for goods damaged in a fire at a warehouse in Shushary and that buyers would be refunded money for lost orders, the company reported. It is worth noting that Wildberries has invested more than 3 billion rubles in 2021 in the warehouse where the fire is currently raging.
Let us remind you that on January 11, a fire broke out in a workshop in the Moscow region. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported that three fire hydrants had to be brought to extinguish the fire and a 40-meter main line from the Klyazma River was laid. In total, approximately 120 experts and 36 pieces of equipment were involved.
It was also reported on January 9 that: Last year the fire rate increased by 125% in the Russian Federation. The most fires occurred in the Moscow, Leningrad and Sverdlovsk regions and the Krasnodar Territory.
Source: Focus
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