In Moscow, the Sickle and Hammer Plant is on fire

In Moscow, a large fire arose at the Sickle and Hammer plant, the oldest in the capital. As Interfax was told in the Office of the State Fire Service, at about 14:50 Moscow time, a signal at a production facility in the area of ​​house 11 in the Zolotorozhsky shaft was received on the remote control in the city of "01".

The firefighters who arrived at the scene found out that the building was on in the territory of the Sickle and Hammer plant. A multilevel production building on the territory of the plant caught fire. The fire area, according to reports from places, exceeds 5,000 square meters. meters, roofing. At 400 square meters. meters there was a collapse of the roof. The fire spread quickly and spread to neighboring buildings. Smoke is visible from many points in Moscow.

Fire extinguishing is complicated by the fact that high pressure gas pipes are held in the workshop. More than 40 fire payments, as well as two fire helicopters, are involved in extinguishing.

The metropolitan firefighters could not take control of the spread of fire for several hours, the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia in Moscow noted in the UGPS. There are no reports of the victims. According to Newsru.com correspondent, explosions were heard inside the building. According to firefighters, gas cylinders exploded. As one of the firefighters said, it remains only to wait until everything is burned inside. By 18:00, the fire is localized, the spread of fire is prevented.

The complex of the plant due to the fire is completely disconnected from gas and power supply. As ITAR-TASS reported at the Mosgaz enterprise, "at present, due to the possible threat of the explosion, all gas channels leading to the factory complex are completely blocked, and domestic gas is not supplied."

"We will again open the valves on the gas pipeline only after experts give a conclusion about the possibility of its safe consumption," the agency’s interlocutor said.

In turn, the company "Mosenergo" ITAR-TASS said that "the plant has its own energy and does not use main networks." “However, in order to avoid fires and damage to the main energy -suffering capacities, power supply throughout the“ sickle and hammer ”has been stopped,” the operational duty officer emphasized.

The cause of the fire, according to preliminary data, was a violation of the rules for "firing work". This was announced by the representative of the State Medical Supervision of Moscow Vladimir Rodin. He noted that "this afternoon, welding work was carried out on the roof of the sunbathing building, which, apparently, caused the fire."

By the evening, the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies, Sergei Shoigu, arrived in the place of a strong fire, reports. The minister was presented with a report on the situation in the area of ​​fire and actions participating in extinguishing fire brigades.

Fires at Moscow factories in recent years

On January 4, 2001, as a result of a fire in the workshops of the furniture factory "Rook" one person died. The fire area was more than 300 square meters. m.

On February 6, 2001, one of the production workshops caught fire on the territory of the defense enterprise "Temp". The total fire area was 200 square meters. m.

On February 9, 2001, a fire occurred at the Kuskovsky chemical plant. The release of chemicals into the atmosphere did not occur, since the fire did not affect production workshops and warehouses with reagents.

On January 4, 2002, a fire broke out at a Moscow oil refinery at one of the installations. He was assigned the highest 5 complexity number. As a result of the fire, 4 people were injured.

On April 2, 2004, a fire occurred on the Shchelkovo highway in the warehouse premises of the Khoprodron plant. The area of ​​fire was about 4 thousand square meters. m, the area of ​​collapse of structures is 600 square meters. m. There were no victims.

On December 16, 2004, a fire arose at the EXPO-Stroymash plant. About 1000 square meters were covered by fire. m. There were no victims.

On March 17, 2005, a warehouse caught fire on one of the Moscow furniture plants. The ignition area was 1000 square meters. m. No one was injured.

On March 23, 2005, a fire occurred at the Moscow Factory Analytic Machines. The ignition area was 200 square meters. m. There are no victims.