“With the measures taken, the fire was localized at 00:52,” the statement said.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations noted that 44 pieces of equipment, 142 people and a helicopter of the Moscow Aviation Center were involved in extinguishing the fire.

Earlier it became known that firefighters were extinguishing a fire on an area of ​​1 thousand square meters.

m in a residential eight-story building on Leninsky Prospekt in Moscow.

Rescuers evacuated about 400 people from the burning house, one person was rescued from the elevator.