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Riverboat fire kills one, causes evacuation of over 300 in St. Petersburg

The fire erupted in the boat engineer’s cabin, scorching 13 square meters, the city’s emergencies agency said

ST. PETERSBURG, August 22. /TASS/. A fire broke out onboard the Pyotr Tchaikovsky riverboat in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Thursday morning, killing one, a spokesperson for the St. Petersburg City branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS.

"The fire killed a man inside the boat’s cabin," he said.

"A total of 240 passengers and 80 personnel had to be evacuated, they were taken to a riverbank restaurant," the spokesperson added.

The fire on board a riverboat docked at the Oktyabrskaya river promenade broke out at about 05:30 and was extinguished at 06:10.

The city’s emergencies agency told TASS that the fire had erupted in the boat engineer’s cabin, scorching 13 square meters.