Help points open in Murmansk for charging devices and staying warm

In Murmansk, special help points have been opened for residents due to the shutdown of heating and electricity. There, people can charge phones and other devices, heat food, and fetch water. The points are operating in libraries, schools, and sports facilities in all city districts.

Leninsky District

• Sverdlova St., 8/6 — City Library No. 8;

• Karl Liebknecht St., 50 — Sports School No. 6;

• Alexandrova St., 32, bldg. 2 — Secondary School No. 5;

• Askoldovtsev St., 9, bldg. 22 — Murmansk Academic Lyceum.

Oktyabrsky District

• Lenin Ave., 59 — Gymnasium No. 2;

• Karl Liebknecht St., 13a — Sports School No. 17;

• Karl Liebknecht St., 18a — Secondary School No. 58;

• Georgy Sedov St., 8 — Secondary School No. 58;

• Trade Unions St., 18 — Children«s Music School;

• Lenin Ave., 16 — Children»s Theater School;

• Lenin Ave., 94 — Children«s Library No. 15;

• Polar Division St., 1/16 — Children»s Art School;

• Commune St., 18 — Children«s Art School;

• General Frolov St., 4/6 — City Library No. 6;

• Karl Marx St., 29 — Shopping Center, 3rd floor, City Library No. 9;

• Oktyabrskaya St., 21 — City Library No. 4;

• Oktyabrskaya St., 22 — Children»s Art School;

• Komsomolskaya St., 13 — Secondary School No. 36.

Pervomaysky District

• Kolsky Ave., 93 — Central City Library;

• Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya St., 2a — Center for Contemporary Culture and Creativity;

• Lesnaya St., 39, (Abram-Mys) — Center for Contemporary Culture and Creativity;

• Captain Orlikova St., 19 — City Library No. 11;

• Shabalin St., 59 — City Library No. 24;

• Bering St., 28 — Central City Library;

• Captain Ponomarev St., 9/5 — Children«s Library No. 4;

• Morskaya St., 5 — Children»s Library No. 8;

• Mikhail Babikov Ave., 8 — Children«s Library No. 10;

• Bauman St., 24 — Children»s Library No. 12.

Specialists continue restoration work. In homes where there was previously stable power supply, temporary disruptions are possible. The list of help points may be updated.

Recall that in the Murmansk region, a state of heightened readiness has been introduced due to power outages. This decision was made at a meeting of the operational staff. In the streets of Murmansk, lighting has been temporarily turned off.

The press service of «Rosseti North-West» reported that the cause of the outage was a technological failure on an overhead power line. The prosecutor«s office of the Murmansk region has already begun an inspection due to mass power outages. A criminal case has been initiated.