About 850 people were evacuated on Monday, July 27 because of a fire in a building housing detainees in a prison in south-eastern Moscow, announced the Russian prison administration (FSIN). " 850 people have been evacuated, " FSIN told Russian news agencies, without giving any information about possible victims.
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Private Ren-TV broadcast footage of the blaze, showing smoke billowing from this imposing, almost windowless building belonging to " Remand Center No. 6 ". A spokesperson for the prison administration told the state-run TASS news agency that the prisoners had been transferred to another building in the center.
According to TASS, citing the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the fire started on the ground floor at 4:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. GMT), with a rescue official telling the Ria Novosti news agency that the fire had started in the area. building bakery. Deadly fires are relatively common in Russia due to dilapidated infrastructure, often dating back to Soviet times, as well as frequent non-compliance with safety standards.