Fire in St Petersburg apartment block injures two and displaces residents

A fire broke out early on October 18 in a five-storey apartment building on Kosmonavtov Avenue in St Petersburg’s Moskovsky district.

The emergency service received the call at 4:09 a.m., and firefighters put out the blaze at 5:34 a.m.

Two apartments on the fourth and fifth floors were damaged, and the fire covered 60 square metres.

Two people were taken to hospital; no further details about their condition were available.

Other residents were evacuated and are being given food and places to sleep at nearby School No.

536, with medical and psychological help available.

Residents cannot return until specialists finish inspecting the building, and officials have not confirmed the cause of the fire.