Defense Ministry called the probable cause of the fire at the hospital named after Burdenko – RBC

One of the causes of fire in the building of military clinical hospital named after Burdenko in Moscow could be a short circuit. This was to “Interfax” reported in the management of Press and Information of the Ministry of Defense of Russia

«According to preliminary information from the scene, the cause of smoke could be short-circuited wiring” -. Said the report

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Information about the fire in the Burdenko hospital entered the Ministry of Emergency Situations at 3:20 on Tuesday. The fire broke out on the first floor 2-3-storey medical building. Area fire was 40 square meters. m. A total of 139 people evacuated the building.

At 4:02 the fire was localized and eliminated at 4:15.

3 April a fire broke out in the building of the Ministry of Defence in the center of Moscow. The fire was given the fifth – highest – level of difficulty. They were evacuated around 50 people from the building. During the fire collapsed the roof of the building. Area fire was 3,500 square meters. m.