The victims were likely migrants from former Soviet republics and that the warehouse belonged to a local printing company.
The victims were likely migrants from former Soviet republics and that the warehouse belonged to a local printing company.
Moscow
: At least 16 people died in a fire that broke out at a Moscow warehouse this morning, Russian authorities said.
-"When the fire was being put out, a room that had been cut off by the flames was discovered,-" TASS news agency quoted the regional branch of the emergency ministry's press service as saying.
-"Firefighters tore down the wall and found 16 dead.-"
Emergency workers arrived at the scene at 0500 GMT to put out a blaze that had engulfed 200 square metres of a warehouse in an industrial zone in the Russian capital's north.
The fire was extinguished at around 0700 GMT, authorities said.
A police source told Russian news agencies that the victims were likely migrants from former Soviet republics and that the warehouse belonged to a local printing company.
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on Twitter that the city would probe the incident.
The cause of the blaze remains unknown. A criminal investigation was launched to determine whether it erupted due to arson or negligence.
