Hotel in Murmansk region burns for nearly five hours overnight

Three people evacuated from a hotel in the Murmansk region during a night-time fire that took firefighters almost five hours to extinguish.
Mar 3, 2026
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A team of eight firefighters worked to bring the hotel fire under control.
Source:
Murmansk Region Department of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Fire Safety / Vk.com

Today at 02:01, a fire was reported in a glass annex of a hotel on Danilova Street in Alakurtti. It was only extinguished at 06:40.

Source:
Murmansk Region Department of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Fire Safety / Vk.com

The structure was burned across its entire area. On the second floor in one of the rooms of the wooden hotel, the fire destroyed a wall and the ceiling between floors. The floor and walls in the room were dismantled by firefighters. Three people evacuated from the hotel before the firefighters arrived and were not injured. The cause of the fire and the damage are being determined.

Recall that in Murmansk on January 28 on Askoldovtsev Street, a gas collector caught fire. See how evacuees spent their time at the assistance point. Journalists of 51.RU spoke with eyewitnesses of the incident, who told how they escaped, fearing an explosion.

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