Trams queue on blocked street after warehouse fire, some since morning

A correspondent counted 39 trams lined up on Dzerzhinsky Street, where traffic was halted due to a morning fire.

Feb 24, 2026

Tram drivers have been sitting in empty, cold trams since the morning.
Source:
Alexey Kozhevnikov / 59.RU

This morning a warehouse caught fire near an office building on Dzerzhinsky Street. Due to this, traffic was blocked there. After nine hours, it still has not been restored, and in the city long traffic jams have formed all the way to the center. Our correspondent visited the scene and took photos and videos.

Firefighters constructed this improvised arch from their vehicles to allow traffic to pass.

Источник:

Alexey Kozhevnikov / 59.RU

A 59.RU correspondent walked along Dzerzhinsky Street and counted 39 trams lined up. The driver of one of the first carriages admitted to the journalist that some have been standing here since 10:00.

They can only take the tram to the depot after the blockade is removed. But when that will happen, they are not told.

At building 49 on Dzerzhinsky Street, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) created an improvised passage from their vehicles: they stretched a fire hose between them. It turned into something like an arch. Only passenger cars are let through it, while trucks are turned around.

A traffic police regiment and regulators are standing near the passage.

We are running an online broadcast where we report what is happening at the burned-out warehouse on Dzerzhinsky Street.