Small Fire Extinguished at Building of Russian Defence Ministry in Moscow: Agencies

Small Fire Extinguished at Building of Russian Defence Ministry in Moscow: Agencies
A firefighter walks past a private hospice in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, Russia, on May 11, 2020. Russian Emergency Situations Ministry/Handout via Reuters
Reuters
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A fire briefly broke out at a building belonging to Russia’s defence ministry in the centre of Moscow on Wednesday evening, Russian state news agencies reported, citing emergency services.

Footage shared by state media outlets on social media showed a thin plume of dark smoke rising from the defence ministry’s headquarters in Moscow on Znamenka street, near the Kremlin.