On the morning of Friday, June 3, in the west of Moscow, a fire broke out in the Grand Setun Plaza business center.

The fire was assigned the fourth number of complexity out of five.

“At 09:31 ... a message was received about a fire at the address: Moscow, ZAO, st.

Gorbunova, 2, building 3. Upon the arrival of the fire and rescue units, it was found that the administrative building was on fire from the first to the fourth floor, ”the press service of the capital’s Ministry of Emergency Situations indicated.

The fire area was 1.1 thousand square meters.

m. Three helicopters worked at the scene of the fire: two fire-fighting Ka-32s and one from disaster medicine.

In addition to aviation, 340 people and about 100 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire.

The Moscow operational headquarters indicated that, on behalf of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, 15 brigades of the ambulance station and the Emergency Medical Center were sent to the fire site.

“Doctors on site are taking all measures to provide the necessary medical care to the victims, 125 people have been evacuated from the building.

One person was hospitalized in the Sklifosovsky center.

The capital's hospitals are fully prepared to receive patients if necessary.

  • Footage of the start of a fire in the business center "Grand Setun Plaza"

Later, Sergei Sobyanin announced on his Telegram channel that the fire had been extinguished.

“Two victims asked for medical help, nothing threatens their lives, one of them received help on the spot.

Prior to the restoration of traffic, they made free travel in ground transport in the area and increased the number of buses on the nearest routes.

Thanks to all the services for the prompt response and professional work,” he wrote.

At the same time, Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development, indicated that the first ambulances arrived at the scene of the emergency six minutes after the start of the fire.

According to her, rescuers continue to search for people in the building.

“All medical facilities are in place.

All the necessary hospitals involved in helping people with burns are ready to accept patients, if any, ”RIA Novosti quotes her.

Later, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Ilya Denisov, who oversees the Main Directorate of Fire Fighting of the department, said that the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Moscow, Major General Sergei Zheltov, was hospitalized from the scene of the fire: “The situation on the spot provoked a massive heart attack.”

According to Denisov, 13 people were rescued from the building.

He noted that all the premises of the business center were checked, there were no dead.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, two people sought medical help.

  • Video from the building of the Grand Setun Plaza business center, the actions of firefighters are led by the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry Alexander Kurenkov

Along with this, the Moscow Department of Transport warned citizens that traffic was blocked due to the fire along Gorbunova Street, as well as along the exits to Gorbunova Street from the Moscow Ring Road, from the North-Western Chord - from Molodogvardeiskaya and Kubinka streets.

Also on the spot are several crews of the road patrol of the TsODD.

“We made free travel until 20:00 in ground transport in the area until the restoration of traffic.

The number of buses on the nearest routes has also been increased.

This is done so that people can quickly and comfortably get to the necessary places, ”the ministry said in a statement.

At the same time, reports appeared in the media about the causes of the fire.

So, a representative of the emergency services of the capital, in a conversation with RIA Novosti, said: “Several causes of the fire are being considered, including deliberate actions.”

At the same time, TASS, citing the firefighting headquarters, reported a possible short circuit "due to improper installation of facade lighting systems."

The Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office announced an investigation in connection with the fire.

“During the audit, an assessment will be made of the fulfillment of the requirements of federal legislation, including fire safety.

According to the results - if there are grounds - prosecutorial response measures will be taken.

The Kuntsevsky inter-district prosecutor Oleg Akatov is on the spot, ”the message says.