Fire Breaks Out In Russia's Central Bank Building In Moscow - Emergency Services

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th August, 2018) The Moscow office of the Russian Emergency Ministry told Sputnik on Friday that a fire had broken out in one of Russia's Central Bank buildings in Moscow, adding that the blaze was put out and incurred no casualties.

"Information on a fire in an administrative building located on Neglinnaya Street, 12, has been received," a representative of the office said, adding that the fire started on the fifth floor of the building and covered some 30 square meters.

The blaze was extinguished causing no casualties, the representative added.

According to local fire services, there were 10 people in the building when the fire broke out, and they safely evacuated on their own before the arrival of the fire brigades.