SOCHI, August 24 The roof of an apartment building on an area of 300 square meters caught fire in Sochi, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Krasnodar Territory reported.
The incident happened in the Khostinsky district of the resort on the Novorossiysk highway. The first units were sent to the scene at 17.35 Moscow time.
“At 5:44 p.m., upon the arrival of a subdivision of the Sochi fire and rescue garrison, it was established that the roof of a four-story apartment building on an area of 300 square meters had caught fire,” the report says.
18 rescuers are involved in the elimination of the fire, seven pieces of equipment are involved.