year 2000. Fire at the Ostankino TV tower

15 years ago, on August 27, 2000, a fire broke out at the Ostankino television tower in Moscow. Three people died, the broadcasting of most Russian TV channels to Moscow and the Moscow region was suspended. The source of fire was at an altitude of 460 m. Three floors were completely burned out. In a high-speed elevator that collapsed from a height of about 300 meters, fire brigade commander Vladimir Arsyukov, who decided to personally climb to the fire, and elevator operator Svetlana Loseva, whom he ordered to press the elevator button and ride with him, died. The third person who died was Alexander Shipilin, a repairman.