Information about the fire entered the emergency services at 11:09 (07:09 Moscow time). Ignition is assigned an increased difficulty rank.
Arriving firefighters discovered open burning on the sixteenth floor of the building.
“The evacuation is being carried out. From the 2nd to the 16th floor, heavy smoke is observed, ”the Ministry of Emergencies said.
The fire was localized on an area of 90 square meters. m at 12:09 local time. There is no information on victims yet.
Earlier in Ufa, 11 people were injured in a fire in a multi-storey building.