MOSCOW, March 13 About 500 people were evacuated from a business center in northeast Moscow after a short circuit in electrical equipment, said a representative of the emergency services of the capital.
«Preliminarily, there was a short circuit in the cable channel of the wiring five linear meters long,» the agency's interlocutor said.
According to him, about 500 people were evacuated from the building for safety reasons.
The fire was extinguished before the fire brigade arrived.