This is reported by TASS with reference to the regional branch of the Ministry of Emergencies.

“At 18:16 Moscow time on October 9, a message was received about a fire at the address: Petrogradskiy district, embankment of the Karpovka River, 30/15.

According to preliminary information, the roof of a residential building is burning, ”the department said.

It is noted that the fire has already been assigned an additional complexity number 1-bis.

Seven units of equipment and 34 personnel were involved from the Ministry of Emergency Situations to extinguish the fire.

Earlier it was reported that a hangar caught fire in the Krasnogvardeisky district of St. Petersburg.