The fire in the Lenta hypermarket on Pushkin Street in Tomsk could have occurred due to arson. As an interlocutor familiar with the situation told Izvestia on December 25, this version is currently the main one.
The fire in “Lenta” on Pushkin Street became known earlier that day. Pyrotechnics caught fire in the store, firecrackers and fireworks began to explode. Later, the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Tomsk region reported that the fire was liquidated, visitors and personnel were evacuated, there were no injuries.
Prior to that, on December 21, a fire broke out in another Tomsk hypermarket “Lenta”, on Elizarovykh Street. The fire collapsed about a third of the building, including the roof. It took the evacuation of 200 people, no one was hurt. The fire also led to explosions of pyrotechnics.
On the fact of the incident, a criminal case was initiated under the article “Intentional destruction or damage to property.”
The arson suspect was detained in hot pursuit. According to preliminary data, the man was an employee of one of the contractors in the hypermarket, because of a conflict with the managers of the retail network, he poured flammable liquid over the goods and set them on fire. He was arrested for two months.
Source: IZ
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