Russian Defense Ministry denies the information about the threat to the museum Zhukov due to fire – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, April 3 – RIA Novosti Russian Defense Ministry denies the information about the threat to the museum of Marshal Zhukov due to a fire in the ministry building in central Moscow, official representative of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov

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“The memorial museum-office Marshal Georgy Zhukov is in another Ministry of Defense building on Znamenka street no threat to the museum and the exhibition was not there.” – Konashenkov said

on Sunday, the Defense Ministry reported. that one of being in the repair process of the administrative department building, located on the street Znamenka, 19, was smoke. Later, the fire from the third floor on the internal voids moved to overlap the fourth and fifth floors, and then spread to the roof. The fire has been awarded the highest level of difficulty.

At the moment, according to the Defense Ministry, opened fire in the building eliminated, the fire did not affect the activity of bodies of military management and technical systems. Firefighters shed body of water to prevent the spread of fire to other areas.

According to the Deputy Mayor Pyotr Biryukov capital, to extinguish the fire one employee suffered MOE.