Fire extinguished in annex on Moscow’s Yuzhnoportovaya Street

Firefighters extinguished a blaze in a metal annex to an administrative building on Moscow’s Yuzhnoportovaya Street. No casualties had been reported, the city’s Emergencies Ministry office said on October 9.

The fire was reported at 7A Yuzhnoportovaya Street. Arriving crews found that a metal annex to an administrative building in southeast Moscow was burning.

In the initial statement carried by RIA Novosti that morning, the ministry described crews working at the scene and measures being taken to tackle the blaze. An update published at 09:28 said it had been promptly extinguished.

Both statements said no casualty reports had been received. Neither identified the cause or the area affected by the fire.

The ministry reminded people that emergency services can be contacted on 101 or 112.