The fire in the center of St. Petersburg is extinguished

"At 17:30 Moscow time, the elimination of open burning was announced," the agency's message was quoted by TASS.

According to a source in the emergency services, one person was injured in the fire, he was hospitalized.

Earlier it was reported that the area of ​​the fire in a residential building in St. Petersburg increased to 1.5 thousand square meters.

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