A fire broke out in a shopping mall in the city of Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov region. This is reported by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.
The flames engulfed 1.3 thousand square meters.m. By now, the fire has been eliminated. 84 specialists and 29 pieces of equipment took part in the elimination of the fire. There were no visitors in the building at the time of the fire. However, victims could not be avoided.
A rescuer who was looking for people in the building died during the firefighting, and his colleague was injured. The EMERCOM employee was taken out of the burning building with burns to his limbs and handed over to doctors. The body of an employee of the shopping center was also found at the scene of the emergency. The search for another employee of the center continues.