In Yekaterinburg, a high-rise building was covered with smoke, residents are being evacuated

11/28/2023, 9:37:12 PM

Highlights: Residents of a high-rise building in Yekaterinburg are being evacuated due to heavy smoke. More than 11 fire engines and an ambulance are working on the spot. Earlier, in Chelyabinsk, five enterprises reduce the volume of work due to the smell of burning and smog from fires in the Sverdlovsk region. The cause of the smoke is not yet known, but it is believed to be caused by a short-circuit in a nearby power station.

Residents of a high-rise building in Yekaterinburg are being evacuated due to heavy smoke.

It is reported by E1.ru.

"In the middle of the night, we noticed that the whole apartment was beginning to be covered with smoke. They were frightened, they thought it was a short circuit," said a local resident.

According to her, residents looked at the entrance and realized that "something terrible was happening," after which they began to call everyone.

More than 11 fire engines and an ambulance are working on the spot.

Earlier, the agency URA.RU, citing the press service of the Ministry of Ecology of the region, reported that in Chelyabinsk, five enterprises reduce the volume of work due to the smell of burning and smog from fires in the Sverdlovsk region.