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Moscow University main building catches fire

Firemen are fighting the blaze

MOSCOW, December 30 (Itar-Tass) —— A fire broke out overnight in the main high-rise building of the Moscow State University on Vorobyovy Hills, a law enforcement source said.

It broke out on the eighteenth floor of the building and black smoke is coming out.

Firemen are fighting the blaze. No injured were reported.

Five hundred students have been evacuated from the dormitory of the burning main building of the Moscow State University, including 150 people from top floors, police said on Friday.