4 people are hospitalized after a massive fire breaks out at the Moscow Business Center

Four people, including a top emergency official, were rushed to a hospital after a massive fire broke out at a Moscow business center, Russian officials said.

A firefighter and people who were inside the building when the blaze broke out were injured. Sergei Zheltov, the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s Moscow branch, suffered a heart attack while directing the efforts to combat the blaze.

Alexander Kurenkov, the newly appointed emergency minister for Russia, visited the site in addition to overseeing firefighting efforts.

3 June 2022