According to preliminary data, the fire on Vernissaznaya Street, east of Moscow, resulted from an electrical short circuit. This was reported by TASS on Wednesday, May 13, citing a source in the operational services.
According to preliminary information, the fire occurred due to an electrical short an agency.
The Izmailovo Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office took control of determining the causes of the fire.
— The exact cause will be determined based on the results of the technical examination of the fire. The progress and results of the procedural investigation conducted on this fact are under control in the Prosecutor General’s Office, said Lyudmila Nefedova, Head of the Press Service of the Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office.
The aforementioned fire broke out in eastern Moscow on Tuesday, May 12, in the Izmailovo Kremlin district. It later became known that five people were rescued from the fire-engulfed building, where the Stalin Bunker Museum and video game site are located. The fire was extinguished on the morning of May 13.