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Petersburg: The court arrested the general director of the Neva Manufactory
The court in St. Petersburg arrested for two months the general director of the burned "Neva Manufactory" of Maxim Makeev in the case of the provision of services that do not meet the security requirement. This was reported by the United press service of the city courts.
Makeev asked for a house arrest or a ban on certain actions, but the court granted the application of the investigation.
Deputy Makeeva - Alexey Mikhnevich - also arrested for two months.
According to investigators, the owners of the building knew that violations of fire safety were identified in the premises of the manufactory, but did not eliminate them. As a result, the complex caught fire, the rescuer died during the elimination of the fire.
Earlier, the St. Petersburg Administration also demanded to initiate a criminal case on the destruction of the historical monument. The head of the State Control Committee, Sergei Makarov, said that on the site of the burned -up building “you can’t build anything else”, the manufactory can only be restored.
- The fire in the historical five -story building "Neva Manufactory" began on the afternoon of April 12. He was assigned the fifth - the highest - the level of complexity. The fire spread to 10 thousand square meters. The flame spread to the neighboring building - a hostel for workers. People managed to evacuate. The fire was localized 10 hours after the fire. More than 350 people, helicopters of the Ministry of Emergencies and the Ministry of Defense fought with fire. The building was almost completely burned.
- During the fire, the 31-year-old commander of the 64th fire and rescue unit Ilya Beletsky died, five people were injured. The condition of several rescuers is evaluated as serious. Two criminal cases were instituted: about causing death by negligence and the provision of services that do not meet the requirement of security. The police detained the Director General of the manufacture of Maxim Makeev and his deputy.
- The land on which the factory was located was given for residential development, follows from the data of the USRN. However, the KGIOP website says that the owner of the building - Nevskaya Manufactory JSC - had to fulfill the restoration of the monument until 2023. After the fire, the governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, said that the building should be restored.