In Ufa, the Mercury shopping center caught fire, according to preliminary information, due to a short circuit. Information about the injured and dead is not yet available.
The fire started at about eight in the evening, the message about the fire was received at 21.36 Ufa time, and quickly expanded to 1,500 square meters, the flames spread to the parking lot. Rescuers assigned the fire the third rank, 78 people and 28 pieces of equipment are extinguishing it, the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Republic of Bashkortostan reported.
Eyewitnesses are posting videos online showing people taking things away. It can be sellers who save their goods.