“The fifth floor of a 16-storey building on Mezhdunarodnaya Street in the center of Moscow is on fire,” the emergency services said.
The press service of the Moscow Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the fire had engulfed the fifth floor of the MKM hotel in the center of Moscow.
MKM, or DK Moskabelmet, is a Russian company producing cable products. It is one of the leaders in the production of cable and wire products in Russia.
Currently, 50 people have been rescued by the fire service, 7 of them are children. At the same time, medical services reported that 5 people were injured during the fire, including one child.
Updated at 21:50:
According to preliminary data from Russian emergency services, the cause of the fire in the building with the hotel is arson.
