"There was a fire in an abandoned building (a former cinema) over the entire area - 900 square meters," RIA Novosti quotes EMERCOM of Russia.
It is noted that there is no threat of fire spread.
No data on the dead or injured have been reported.
Earlier, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Moscow announced the elimination of the fire in the capital's detention center No. 6.