Death toll from Moscow's warehouse fire rises to 8
Xinhua, September 23, 2016 Adjust font size:
The death toll from Thursday's fire at a warehouse in Moscow has risen to eight, the Russian news agency TASS reported Friday.
Eight bodies were found on the roof, where the dead firemen were installing a water curtain to cool the gas cylinders and compressors, Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said.
"They were the first to arrive at the warehouse, they immediately conducted a reconnaissance and evacuated over 100 employees of the warehouse," said a spokesman for the ministry.
Over 160 people and about 50 pieces of equipment were involved in the blaze, which broke out on Thursday in the warehouse located on Amurskaya Street in eastern Moscow and burnt an area of approximately 4,000 square meters.
The fire was extinguished at 05:23 p.m. local time (1323 GMT) on Thursday, according to the ministry. Endit