TASS: the cause of the fire in the building with the hotel in the center of Moscow is arson

This was reported to TASS by the emergency services.

“According to eyewitnesses, one of the tenants of the apartment set fire to things in the corridor of the building where the apartments of the former hostel are located, and a fire started.

Now all the circumstances are being established,” the interlocutor said.

Earlier it was reported that the fire area in the burning hotel "MKM" in the center of Moscow is 100 square meters.

m. Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations rescued 50 people.

Five people were injured in the fire.