Fire in Kazan: the need to arrest the tenant center – BBC Russian

• March 12, 2015

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The fire occurred in one of the largest shopping centers in Kazan

The Prosecutor’s Office of Tatarstan demanded the arrest of the head of firm-tenant shopping center “Admiral” in Kazan, where a fire broke out on Wednesday.

According to the local administration of the Investigative Committee, the head of “Dawn” has already arrested him conducted investigations.

According to the latest reports, the fire killed five people, injured more than 50.

Rescue work continued on the ground. According to the MOE, under the rubble can still be about 25 people, including an employee of the Ministry.

According to the agency, the tenant is not organized evacuation of people and the work of internal security. The latter, as noted in the prosecutor’s office, could not prevent the staff of the center, who returned to the building on fire in an attempt to save the item.

The fire began in a cafe, built to the shopping complex “Admiral” in the Kirov district of Kazan, about an hour pm local time. By 21:30 the fire was liquidated. The total area of ​​the building collapse, according to the MOE, was 12 thousand square meters.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the site employs nearly 800 people and more than a hundred pieces of equipment

Among the dead were members of the shopping center

As previously chief of the Volga Regional Emergency Center of Russia Igor Panshin, in the shopping complex was detected many violations of fire safety requirements.

In particular, the building was overbuilt metal mezzanine and fire resistance of these structures is just 15 minutes.

According to Panshina when people began to return for their belongings, construction fell and blocked their way to the street.

After a fire, all people were evacuated, but they then ran for his junk, and got this tragedy.

Igor Panshin, head of the Volga Regional Emergency Center of Russia

In addition, as reported by representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the center staff is too late and caused a fire at first tried put out the fire on their own.

Thus, the time of arrival of the first group of rescuers fire area was more than one hundred square meters. Subsequently, the fire spread to the four thousand square meters.

Investigations Department at Kazan instituted proceedings under an abuse of fire safety requirements, resulting in the death of two or more persons.

According to the MOE, on the analysis of debris will take two days. Rescuers plan to work around the clock

Preliminary cause fire investigators believe a short circuit in elektropovodke.

The prosecutor’s office also did not rule out criminal liability for supervisory bodies, which revealed previously security breaches, but failed to take adequate measures. According to the MOE, fire control for the last time checked the building shopping centers in Kazan in November 2014.