The number of people who died in a fire in a flower warehouse near Komsomolskaya Square in the capital of Russia, Moscow, has reached 6.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports that the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has released information about this.

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The time is 00:38

The number of people who died in a fire in a flower warehouse near Komsomolskaya Square in Moscow, the capital of Russia, has reached 5.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports that the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has released information about this.

There is no information about the fate of one person.

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The time is 00:07

The number of people who died in a fire in a flower warehouse near Komsomolskaya Square in Moscow reached 4.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports that the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has released information about this.

The rescuers discovered the bodies of two more people.

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20.11.2022

It's 11:18 p.m

A fire in a flower warehouse near Komsomolskaya Square in Moscow has been extinguished.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports that the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has released information about this.

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It's 10:19 p.m

Two people died in a fire in a warehouse near Komsomolskaya Square in Moscow.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports that the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has released information about this.

"Firefighters discovered the bodies of two people who died as a result of the fire in the flower warehouse," he said.

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It's 10:17 p.m

A fire in a warehouse near Komsomolskaya Square in Moscow has been localized.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports that the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has released information about this.

It was reported that the localized fire covered an area of ​​2.5 thousand square meters.

It was also noted that the maximum concentration limit of harmful substances in the air in the area where the fire occurred was not recorded.

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The time is 18:00

Three helicopters and a fire engine were involved in extinguishing the fire in a warehouse near Komsomolskaya Square in Moscow.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports that the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia has released information about this.

It was noted that three Ka-32 MATS helicopters and a fire train were involved in extinguishing the fire.

A mobile laboratory measuring the amount of harmful substances works at the fire site.

The Ministry of Emergencies of Russia reported that 7 people were evacuated from the building where the fire broke out.

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at 17.23

A warehouse building is burning in the center of Moscow.

According to the news reported by APA with reference to TASS, the fire in the building near Komsomolskaya Square covers an area of ​​2,000 square meters.

Russian Railways announced that the fire did not pose a danger to passengers and did not affect the movement of trains.