Four People Dead In Produce Warehouse Fire In Western Russia - Emergency Ministry

Faizan Hashmi Published March 23, 2019 | 03:09 PM

Four people died on Saturday in a fire in a 800 square meter (8611 square feet) produce warehouse in Russia's western Lipetsk Region, a Russian Emergency Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.<

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd March, 2019) Four people died on Saturday in a fire in a 800 square meter (8611 square feet) produce warehouse in Russia's western Lipetsk Region, a Russian Emergency Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.

"At 9:40 a.m. [6:40 GMT] we discovered four people dead," the spokesperson said.

The fire was extinguished by 10:35 a.m. local time, according to the spokesperson. The produce warehouse is located in the village of Kon'-Kolodez' in the Khlevnoye district of the Lipetsk Region. 34 firefighters were dispatched to the scene with 14 firefighting equipment units. The details of the cause of the fire are currently being investigated by local authorities.