16 migrant dead in Moscow warehouse fire

AFP, MOSCOW: At least 16 migrant workers died in a fire that broke out at a Moscow warehouse on Saturday morning, Russian authorities said.
“When the fire was being put out, a room that had been cut off by the flames was discovered,” TASS news agency quoted the regional branch of the emergency ministry’s press service as saying.
“Firefighters tore down the wall and found 16 dead.”
Emergency workers arrived at the scene at 0500 GMT to put out a blaze that had engulfed 200 square metres of a warehouse in an industrial zone in the Russian capital’s north.
The fire at the four-floor facility, which is thought to belong to a local printing company, was extinguished at around 0700 GMT, authorities said.

 

16 migrant dead in Moscow warehouse fire

AFP, MOSCOW: At least 16 migrant workers died in a fire that broke out at a Moscow warehouse on Saturday morning, Russian authorities said. When the fire was being put out, a room that had been cut off by the flames was discovered, TASS news agency quoted the regional branch of the emergency ministrys press service as saying. Firefighters tore down the wall and found 16 dead. Emergency workers arrived at the scene at 0500 GMT to put out a blaze that had engulfed 200 square metres of a warehouse in an industrial zone in the Russian capitals north. The fire at the four-floor facility, which is thought to belong to a local printing company, was extinguished at around 0700 GMT, authorities said.