MOSCOW, March 16 – RIA Novosti. The bell on the territory of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow on Sunday night there was a fire. He was eliminated from 01.23 Monday.
The fire, as reported by RIA Novosti source in law enforcement, started on the second tier of the bell tower height of 72 meters, which is under construction. Fire from the wind spread the scaffolding on the building, but did not penetrate inside the belfry. To extinguish the fire were involved in dozens of pieces of equipment and about a hundred people.
According to the first deputy head of the Emergency Situations Ministry in Moscow, Alexander Gavrilov, the elimination of the fire helped workers monastery. “It was completely assisted by employees of the monastery, all units arrived on time, were given to where the fire hydrants, assisted in other matters, in the water supply,” – he said.According to Gavrilova, to extinguish the fire was a problem and architecture of the monastery, the bulk of which was built from the XVI to XVII century. He noted that in the arches of the monastery were not tall crank lifts, so I had to use the lifting gear does not exceed 30 meters. But despite this, the fire “and defended the bell tower, and all the surrounding buildings and structures at risk”.
The fire was localized at 00.22 on Monday on an area of 300 square meters, completely eliminate the fire managed to 01.23, the representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the capital of central board.
Possible causes
Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov suggested that the cause of the fire could have been careless with fire, but the Deputy Minister of Culture of Moscow Georgy Perumov noted that the facility could not be representatives of the monastery, because the bell tower is completely closed while repairs. Workers carry out repairs, left the facility as early as 11 am Sunday.
“From the moment when the subject was all off, de-energized and left the last working, until the fire has been quite some time, so on the causes of fire, to say anything is impossible, it will install the experts Ministry of Emergency Situations,” – said Perumov.
The representative conducting restoration company “Stroykomplekt” Alexander Ahrumov rule out the risk of fire associated with the work, or the actions of those who carried them out. He noted that when the workers left the facility has been completely de-energized electrical wiring and heat guns, which could also cause a fire, do not work more than a week.
Damages
No major damage was avoided, as firefighters were able to prevent the spread of fire, not only to other buildings, but also inside of the bell tower. According Gavrilova, burned only scaffolding around the bell tower of the internal wooden structures suffered only bar that supports the bell, no other serious damage to the building is not received.
Deputy Minister of Culture of Moscow expressed the hope that the building caused only superficial damage that can be will be eliminated. He added that “in any case, we will restore the object was insured and guarantee the contractor has, so everything will be done.”However, there are fears that because of the temperature could crack the unique bronze bell located on the second floor of the structure, where there was a fire, according to historian George moskvoved Davydov. Just could suffer and dome covered with gold leaf.
Moskvoved recalled that Novodevichy bell tower, like the rest of the monastery, since 2004 included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Along with the Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye and the Kremlin Novodevichy Convent is one of three located in Moscow, UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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