Penza, 23 November 2011. PenzaNews. The shop center “Mega-Penza”, located on the 624th km of the federal highway М5 “Ural” which burst into flame in the morning on Wednesday, November, 23rd. The tenants of the center are taking out the remained property from the premises. According to the chief of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in the Penza region Sergey Kozlov, during the fire extinguishing there were problems with water supply, therefore fire covered 900 — 2000 sq. meters.

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Sergey Kozlov said: “However thanks to concerted actions of the firemen about 3000 sq. meters of floor spaces were saved. Now watering of the ignition spots comes to the end”.

He added that there were no injured people and victims of the fire.

The chief of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation said: “84 employees and 22 units of techniques took part in fire-fighting operations. It is the fire of the highest category”.

Now the smell of burning is felt on the distance of several kilometers from the place of the fire.
The petrol station which is situated near the burned shop center is closed temporarily.

As it was reported earlier, it became known about the ignition in “Mega” at 6.25 Moscow time on Wednesday, November, 23rd. At 6.35 fire-fighting team arrived to the spot. At 8.30 the fire was contained and watering of the ignition spots was begun.

Fire captured the main building of the shop center “Mega-Penza”. The fire went to the roof of two-storied building where furniture store “К&M” is located. However these premises weren’t damaged by fire.

The video was given by press-service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Penza region

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