[Published: Friday September 23 2016]
Moscow: Warehouse blaze kills firefighters
Moscow 23 Sep (ANA) - Russian rescuers in Moscow have found the bodies of eight firefighters in the remains of a large warehouse that was engulfed by fire late on Thursday. The victims are thought to have been conducting a search inside the building when its roof collapsed. Earlier, they had managed to lead to safety more than 100 workers at the warehouse where plastic materials and gas canisters were stored. A search is continuing at the site in Golyanovo, north-east Moscow. There are suspicions that the fire was caused by a violation of safety regulations. "The corpses of eight colleagues have been found in the main area where the search was located," the emergency services ministry said in a statement. "Until the end there was hope that they would be alive. But due to the intense fire, the high temperatures and the thick smoke the firefighters were unable to get out." (ANA)
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