NEWS

The Chief of Volga Regional Center of EMERCOM of Russia Igor Panshin said that the fire was extinguished at 21:30 P.M. and the watering was being continued. There was an information that people were remaining under the ruins. The object had many unrepaired violations of fire safety requirements. The preliminary cause of the fire is electrotechnical. 

At 21:30 P.M. firefighters managed to eliminate the fire in “Admiral” Trade Center. At the moment, the constructions are being watered in order to eliminate little fireplaces. The group of forces and means composed of 305 people and 76 units of techniques, including 194 people and 42 units of techniques from EMERCOM are on the site of search and rescue operation as before.

The work of 11 psychologists, 5 of which from EMERCOM of Russia is organized at the site of the fire and in patient care institutions where victims were delivered. Psychologists provided 17 informational and psychological support, 2 individual psychological support.

At the present time, already three helicopters, nearly 300 people, more than 70 units of techniques, departmental firefighting train of “Iudino” railroad station have been involved in extinguishing the fire in “Admiral” Trade Center. Specialists of Rospotrebnadzor are monitoring the atmospheric air.

MI-8 helicopter of EMERCOM of Russia is working on the scene. Total of 265 people and 72 units of techniques, including 159 people and 40 units of techniques from EMERCOM are involved in rescue and other emergency operations. The Chief of VFC of EMERCOM of Russia, colonel general of inner service I. V. Panshin is responsible for the general management.

You can find out the information on victims of the fire which took place in Kazan on the territory of “Admiral” Trade Center by the hotline 8 (843) 227-45-63.

As of 14:30 P.M. the fire area in “Admiral” Trade Center is about 4000 sq. meters. The people were evacuated. The data on victims is being ascertained. 

The message about the fire in “Admiral” Trade Center by address Kazan City, Clara Zetkin St., 8 was received at 12:54 P.M. The fire is spreading on the first floor of the trade pavilion on the area of 100 sq. meters.

A rescuer of Kazan Search and Rescue Squad, Nazim Muraev, had to dive into cold water of the Kazanka several times in order to demonstrate the media representatives how to save yourself in case of going through the ice. In the framework of the “demonstrations”, the conventional victim was also got out by a hovercraft, ordinary boat, and by witnesses.

Actual data on ice thickness on the waters of the republic as of March 11, 2015