Moscow “Opera” club in fire: Casualties reported

12:28 09/03/2010 » Law

Moscow “Opera” club in fire: Casualties reported

Three-storey Opera night club in downtown Moscow caught in fire in the morning. Local emergency service spokesman said the flames have consumed over 1,200 sq. meters of the building. About 250 people were evacuated early on Tuesday from a residential building. Over 30 firefighter teams with a variety of special equipment have been involved in efforts to extinguish the blaze.

Earlier no cases of casualties were reported but currently it’s believed that one person was killed in the fire.  

A dead body was found by fire fighters when they were clearing the debris after putting out the fire. According to early reports, it was a guard. 

Source: Panorama.am

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