Shoppers evacuated from Krasny Prospekt mall in Novosibirsk after smoke alert
Emergency responders from the Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived with at least two vehicles to investigate the smoke incident.
On January 29, visitors and staff were evacuated from a store on Krasny Prospekt in Novosibirsk. A reader of NGS sent a photo from the scene.
«I was on the second floor in the fitting room when it started to smell like smoke. The smoke spread very quickly throughout the entire room, and staff evacuated everyone outside. Almost immediately, MChS employees arrived, two vehicles, conducted an inspection, and also evacuated the first floor,» said a local woman.
She clarified that she did not see any open flames. The evacuation took place around 13:30, and by 13:37, MChS employees were already on site.
«The automatic fire suppression system was activated in the store. There is no fire,» NGS was informed by the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) for the Novosibirsk Region.
Before the arrival, nine people evacuated on their own, and no one was injured.
On January 26, NGS wrote that a private house caught fire in the Leninsky District of Novosibirsk.
