MOSCOW, March 23. /TASS/. A Mi-26 helicopter has been engaged to put out the fire that engulfed the Crocus City Hall music venue near Moscow, a TASS correspondent reported.

A Mi-26 helicopter of the Moscow Aviation Center, painted in the firefighting brigade’s colors, has been dispatched to the scene to extinguish the fire. In addition, Ka-32 and Mi-8 helicopters are operating there. The aircraft scoop water from the Moskva River, which flows near the concert hall, with their buckets and then drop it onto the blaze.