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IN BRIEF: What is known about fire at parking lot of Moscow’s Afimall City shopping center

Emergency services said later that construction materials and gas cylinders, stored at the entrance to the parking lot, had gone on fire

© Vadim Belozertsev/TASS

MOSCOW, April 23. /TASS/. A blaze broke out at a parking lot of the Afimall City shopping center in Moscow. Emergency officials said that construction materials and gas cylinders went on fire.

TASS has gathered the key details about the incident.

Circumstances of the fire

- A blaze broke out at a parking lot of the Afimall City shopping center in Moscow.

- The Moscow Main Directorate of the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported a burning vehicle at the parking lot of an administrative building.

- Emergency services said later that construction materials and gas cylinders, stored at the entrance to the parking lot, had gone on fire.

- The flames engulfed 30 square meters.

- The fire has been fully extinguished as of now.

- Firefighters are now dousing the remains of the burnt materials.

Casualties

- No casualties were reported.

Shopping mall’s operations

- The fire did not prompt an evacuation of the shopping mall, which continues to operate as usual.

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