Eight people have died in a fire in a multi-story office building in the city of Fryazino near Moscow, a spokesman for the local emergencies service told TASS, citing preliminary data, Report informs.
"Two people died after jumping out of a window. Six people stayed inside the building where interior structures collapsed. According to preliminary data, they died," he said, adding nine people were in the premises where the fire started and only one of them was rescued.
The fire started on June 24 afternoon. It now engulfs the fifth to the 8th floor. The blaze has been categorized a three-alarm fire (high level). Over 100 specialists assisted by 40 units of hardware, including Ka-32 helicopters, are engaged in efforts to put out the fire.
A harrowing situation is unfolding in the Moscow region as firefighters battle a fierce blaze at the Platan Research Institute in Fryazino. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) reports that nine individuals are potentially trapped inside the burning administrative building.
First responders arrived at the scene to find heavy smoke billowing from the fifth floor of the eight-story structure.
Rescue teams have already successfully evacuated one person using a rescue ladder.