In St. Petersburg, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations contained a fire on an area of 800 square meters in a hangar near the Ruchi oil depot. Judging by the video published by the prosecutor's office of the city, a partial collapse of the hangar occurred during the fire, Kommersant reports.

Over 100 people and 30 pieces of equipment, including a fire brigade, are involved in extinguishing the fire, according to the regional department of the Emergency Situations Ministry. According to the agency, there were no casualties as a result of the fire. However, the Fontanka newspaper reports one injured person who refused hospitalization.

The report of the fire was received by the Emergency Situations Ministry at 10:59 AM Moscow time, and by 11:18 AM, the fire was classified as having second-level complexity. According to 78.ru, the fire started due to the detonation of a gas cylinder and subsequently spread to a fuel tanker.