The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the elimination of the fire at the embassy in the Philippines

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced the elimination of the fire at the embassy in the Philippines

The fire in the building of the Russian embassy in the capital of the Philippines has been extinguished. This was announced on Friday, February 4, by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“The fire at the Russian Embassy in Manila has been extinguished. There are no victims or injured,” the press service said in a statement.

It is noted that the main source of ignition was eliminated in cooperation with the Philippine emergency services. The final measures to extinguish the fire will be completed in the near future.

The employees and their families who were in the embassy were evacuated.

A fire broke out at the Russian embassy earlier on Friday. As reported in the Department of the Situation and Crisis Center (DSCC) of the Russian Foreign Ministry, fire service forces were quickly pulled into place.

On January 2, a fire broke out in the building of the Parliament of South Africa in the capital of the state, Cape Town. The fire started in the office premises, then the fire spread towards the gym. The roof and the building of the National Assembly caught fire. Several fire brigades were involved in extinguishing the fire.

In December, a fire broke out at a clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka, killing 19 people. In addition, 27 people were reported to be near death, a condition described as “cardiac and lung arrest.” Later, the Russian Embassy in Osaka reported that there was no information about the Russians injured in the fire.

Source: IZ

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