Blaze at Moscow Construction Site Kills at Least Seven

MOSCOW, April 28 (Reuters) – ⁠At ⁠least seven people ⁠were killed and 13 ​others injured in a fire at ‌a building under ‌construction in northern ⁠Moscow ⁠on Tuesday before firefighters brought the blaze under ​control, authorities said, according to TASS news agency.

Russia’s emergency services ​said the fire broke out in ⁠an ⁠unfinished multi-storey residential ⁠building in ​the Aeroport district, spreading across the ​second and ⁠third floors.

They said more than 30 people were rescued from the site, where ⁠up to 200 people were thought to be ⁠present. Firefighters used lifting equipment to reach upper levels while teams worked inside the smoke-filled building.

Prosecutors said a criminal case had been opened into possible violations of construction ⁠safety rules, and investigators were working to establish the cause of the blaze.

(Reporting by Reuters, ​Writing by Anna Peverieri;Editing ​by Ros Russell)

Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.

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