A man was injured in a fire in the basement of a hospital in the center of Moscow.

A man suffered multiple burns as a result of a fire that broke out in the basement of a hospital in the center of Moscow. This was announced on August 24 by a source of Izvestia.

The incident occurred on Leninsky Prospekt. The victim was rescued from the basement, from where thick black smoke was coming. 66 patients with limited mobility also had to be evacuated from the hospital building.

It is noted that the cause of the fire was the ignition of industrial fluids. The details of the incident are being clarified. The Ministry of Emergency Situations clarified that the fire was localized.

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A criminal case has been opened into the incident.

The day before in Krasnoyarsk, firefighters managed to contain a fire in a furniture warehouse on Sawmill Street. 71 people and 22 pieces of equipment participated in the liquidation, including 57 people and 17 pieces of equipment from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.