< strong>ROSTOV-ON-DON, November 30. In Rostov-on-Don, a fire is being extinguished at the clothing market; its area has reached three thousand square meters, head of the city administration Alexey Logvinenko said on the Telegram channel.
«The area of the fire was 3,000 square meters. The fire was assigned the third rank,» he said.
Subsequently, the fire expanded to four thousand square meters, but, according to the latest data, rescuers have localized it. According to Logvinenko, there is no threat of the fire spreading to residential buildings in this area.
As the regional department of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations clarified, 113 rescuers and 33 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire. According to the department, there were no casualties.
It is noted that extinguishing is complicated by the high fire load, dense buildings and the rapid spread of fire.
Thursday evening on Mironova Street, 12/5, where the market is located » White Temer,” clothing pavilions caught fire. The prosecutor's office began checking compliance with fire safety requirements.
In October 2018, a large fire occurred at the Vostochny market, which is located next door to the White Temer. People call them «Temernik». Then the fire was assigned the fourth category of complexity, its area was six thousand “squares”. No harm done. At the same time, more than 500 containers with things burned down. The total amount of damage amounted to about 200 million rubles.