A major fire broke out in a seven story business center On Gornaya in Irkutsk. The fire spread from a wooden house to the building cladding, the roof caught fire and it began spreading to the second floor. 60 people were evacuated, extra firefighters worked at the scene, and traffic on the road section from Baikalskaya to Partizanskaya was disrupted.
In Irkutsk, buildings are burning again, this time the seven-story business center “Na Gornoy.”Firefighters are working at the scene.
Initially, a wooden house on Podgornaya Street caught fire. Then the flames spread to the cladding of the seven-story business center building.
— By the time the first units arrived, the roof was burning. The fire was spreading to the second floor. And it was spreading to the wall of the neighboring building. Due to the complexity, the fire was assigned the highest response level. Additional forces were deployed, — says acting head of the federal fire service of Irkutsk Igor Utkin.
The premises house the Kerimoff store, with the Karamel shopping center nearby. Sixty people were evacuated from the building.
According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Irkutsk Region, the fire has been extinguished. About 30 rescuers are working at the scene.
At the moment, no deaths or injuries have been reported. Traffic is difficult on the stretch of road from Baikalskaya to Partizanskaya.