Fire Breaks Out in Chelyabinsk Apartment Building
On January 25, a fire in a Chelyabinsk high-rise building left one resident unconscious from carbon monoxide inhalation.
Feb 11, 2026 0
Thick, acrid smoke from the blaze spread through and enveloped all the upper floors of the apartment building.
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On Sunday, January 25, a fire broke out in the Metallurgichesky district of Chelyabinsk, injuring one resident of a multi-story building, according to eyewitnesses and the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS).
After firefighters arrived at the scene, they were able to quickly extinguish the fire in the residential building.
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The fire started in an apartment on the fourth floor of building No. 30 on Bogdana Khmelnitskogo Street. Twenty-five people evacuated the building on their own, including the owner of the burning apartment. Firefighters evacuated five others. On the seventh floor, a man was found unconscious after inhaling carbon monoxide; he was handed over to medical personnel.
According to preliminary data from the Emergency Ministry, the cause of the fire was careless handling of fire.
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