MOSCOW, August 27. /TASS/. A fire has engulfed 2,000 square meters in a warehouse in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, the department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry for the Khabarovsk region reported.

On Saturday morning, the central fire department of the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur received a call about a fire in a warehouse. Firefighters immediately began extinguishing the fire.

"According to the administration of the facility, there were electrical cables, paintwork materials in the room. There is no threat of fire spreading to neighboring buildings," the ministry says.

"Even before the arrival of the fire department, 22 people left the building on their own. According to preliminary information, the fire area was about 2,000 square meters," the ministry noted.